This Idea Must Die: Which science ideas should retire?
Brain plasticity, godlessness, Malthusian notions - all should go according to the responses to John Brockman's latest question
Culture
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2015 a watershed year for assisted suicide in the US
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Technology
Time to put your digital affairs in order
Opinion
2015 preview: Cheating death using suspended animation
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Being born early is now the chief cause of infant death
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Humans
Mass grave tells tales of life on the Forgotten Front
Features
Life
The acid test: Can you dissolve a body completely?
Features
Earth
A killer plague wouldn’t save the planet from us
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Atul Gawande: Aim for a good life, not a good death
Opinion
Earth
Ageing societies will be better for the planet
As lifespans rise and fertility rates fall, the ageing of Western industrial societies could help reduce carbon emissions
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Some inmates should have the right to euthanasia
Opinion
Environment
Jurassic corpse-eaters revealed by fossil reptile
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My ‘verbal autopsies’ reveal what really killed people
Opinion
Life
Your death microbiome could catch your killer
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