death
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Death: Can Our Final Moment Be Euphoric?
People often look like they are sleeping just after dying, having a neutral facial expression. But one of my relatives, who had intense pain the hours leading up to his death and lacked access to medical care, had a radiant, ecstatic expression. For decades, I have wondered whether the last minutes of life can be…
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The Winter Peak of the U.S. Covid-19 Pandemic Will Be Its Deadliest Yet
New modelling from the U.S. Centres for the Disease Control and Prevention paints a grim outlook for the near-term future of the covid-19 pandemic in the U.S., even as Americans are poised to receive the first doses of two highly effective vaccines soon. This week, the agency released projections that estimate the country will reach…
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I Have Unresolved Feelings About Kim Kardashian’s Holo-Dad
I do not keep up with the Kardashians.
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Soul’s Latest Trailer Is a Reminder That the Movie’s About More Than Just Ghosts
You may not fully realise it to look at a lot of the promotional material, but Soul, Pixar’s new movie on its way to Disney+, is actually the studio’s first feature to centre a story on a Black protagonist, one who ends up dying quite early after he’s introduced, with the story thereafter focusing on…