death-and-dying

What Would Happen if You Were Filled With Unpopped Popcorn When You Got Cremated?

If I eat a bunch of popcorn seeds before I die, will my corpse explode into a buttery flesh sack of salty goodness? We fact-checked this viral meme and learned a lot about death

The Scariest Thing at Sundance 2020? Movies About Dementia

The superb films ‘Dick Johnson Is Dead’ and ‘The Father’ are terrifying wake-up calls about a future we hope never arrives

Can You Stay Home From Work If Your Pet Is Sick, or Worse, Just Passed Away?

Advice from a career coach, an HR expert and a veteran veterinarian

Who Am I to Tell You How to Mourn Kobe?

The performative moral supremacy that many of us succumb to on social media — the need to be woker-than-thou — isn’t really about justice. It’s time to ask: Who is afforded ‘nuance’ after death, and why?