Tag: Death

I was approached by someone (John Charles in this case) on Twitter last year. It was a platform called Mainly Museums, where people submit posts about museums around the world. John invited me to write something about anything, and I agreed. The next thing I knew was that my work load suddenly ex...

Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and inventor who lived in the 3rd century BC. He is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time and is responsible for many important discoveries in the fields of geometry, mathematics, and physics. One of Archim...

Setting the Stage for Chaos Picture this: it’s a sweltering summer day in Strasbourg, a quaint city where life typically moves at a leisurely pace. Then, out of nowhere, enters Frau Troffea — a seemingly ordinary woman who’s about to unleash a whirlwind of madness. With an impro...

As the psychedelic renaissance is thriving and meditation retreats have gained some popularity, the term ego death has also entered the more common awareness. You might have come across people sharing their bizarre experiences on shroom trips or powerful changes to their mentality caused b...

The creator of Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House, Mike Flanagan, comes to Netflix with a vicious horror series based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. The Fall of the House of Usher is a series of flashbacks held together by the present-day main storyline, ...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of opioid overdoses in recent years. While opioid deaths in the United States have started to level off, more than one in five Americans still have at least one opioid prescription filled or refilled per year. And a dependence on prescription opioids can ...

New York City police said a 1-year-old boy died, and three other children were hospitalized after apparently “coming into contact with an opioid” at a home-based childcare site in the Bronx on Friday. Police said the 911 call came in just after 2:40 p.m. on Friday. Officers al...

“Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” — Edmund Burke We would like to believe that the loss of any life would garner the same societal response. But we treat death differently depending on context. ...

Come dreamer to the night Enveloped in the glomin’ Demons glaring, grinning Gnawing on the brainpan Shavings flaking off Read More

The traditional view of death, symbolized by the abrupt cessation of vital functions resulting in a ‘moment’ of death as declared by a physician, is increasingly being seen as an oversimplification. Research by a number of labs is suggesting that death is not a moment but rather, a proce...