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Death

  1. it's complicated
    How Soon After Widowhood Can You Feel Good Again?Relearning sex, and love, in the aftermath of my husband’s death.
    By Rachel Zimmerman
  2. death
    Widower Brings His Wife’s Photo to the Sea Every DayMy husband better do this.
    By Kelly Conaboy
  3. it's complicated
    The Strangeness of Dating Again After My Dad’s DeathMourning my dad made all the normal preoccupations of having a crush suddenly feel ridiculous.
    By Aileen Comer
  4. father's day
    Watching My Husband Become a Weird DadThe man I married has joined the ranks of strange fathers.
    By Jen Gann
  5. me me me
    I Convinced Brands to Sponsor My Birthday PartyHere’s how I, a non-celebrity, made it happen.
    By Mariah Smith
  6. science of us
    I’m Obsessed With Reading Strangers’ ObituariesTaking a psychological deep dive into my own weird habit.
    By Diane Stopyra
  7. in memoriam
    Anti-Apartheid Activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Has DiedThe South African icon passed away at age 81.
    By Lisa Ryan
  8. science of us
    The Strange Pregnancy Fact That Helped Me Mourn My Fiancé’s DeathI’d lost the pregnancy, too, but microchimerism — when a mother absorbs a fetus’s DNA — still felt like the perfect metaphor.
    By Shannon Leone Fowler
  9. red tape
    Court Declares Man Who Ghosted Wife DeadEven though he’s very much alive and appeared in court to prove it.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  10. rip
    Nun in Legal Battle With Katy Perry Over L.A. Property Dies in CourtSister Catherine Rose Holzman collapsed in the courtroom yesterday.
    By Amanda Arnold
  13. science of us
    When My Husband Died, I Grieved for My Sex Life, TooIt was devastating to lose the sexual intimacy we’d shared, but no one wanted to listen to me talk about that part of widowhood.
    By Alice Radosh
  14. science of us
    The Grief Counselor Helping People Mourn Their Pets“Because animals are thought to be replaceable, people say, ‘Well, you can solve this problem. Just go get another one.’”
    By Stephanie LaFarge as told to Roni Jacobson
  15. motherhood
    What My Daughter Taught Me About Honoring the DeadBefore I became a mom, I didn’t even know where my father was buried.
    By Wendy Spero
  16. science of us
    Being a Funeral Director Made Me Realize the Death Industry is Too ExclusiveAmericans might have a healthier attitude toward death if people like me didn’t keep it so hidden from view.
    By Caleb Wilde
  17. ask polly
    Ask Polly: ‘Tell Me Not to Get Married!’You value security a lot — there’s nothing wrong with that.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  18. advice
    Ask Polly: Nothing in My Life Feels Big EnoughCan you tell other people what matters most to you?
    By Heather Havrilesky
  19. advice
    Ask Polly: My Boyfriend Has ALS, and My Friends Are Making Things WorseRemember, death is always on the way.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  20. advice
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘I’m Not Sad My Grandmother’s Going to Die’This week’s column from your therapist.
    By Lori Gottlieb
  21. The Professionals Who Want to Help You Plan Your DeathEnd-of-life specialists are here to tie up the loose ends that come with dying.
    By Sonya Vatomsky
  22. What a ‘Transcendent Experience’ Really MeansHere’s what happens in your brain when you feel like you’re becoming one with the universe.
    By Emily Esfahani Smith
  25. Meet the Funeral Therapy Dog Who Helps Mourners Process Their GriefHis name’s Kermit.
    By Sonya Vatomsky
  26. books
    Sheryl Sandberg’s Impossible PositionWhat her new book shows us about being a woman in the public eye.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  27. mothers and daughters
    When I Miss My Mom I Put on Her Eye Cream“Ashes to ashes, stuff to stuff.”
    By Erika Thormahlen
  28. advice
    Ask Polly: Is Life All Downhill From Here?Don’t assume that the future is even worse that the present.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  29. When Someone Dies, It Brings Their Extended Online Network Closer for YearsThere’s a lasting effect on Facebook interactions, according to new research on how social networks repair themselves, or don’t, after a death.
    By Jesse Singal
  30. Chimpanzees Care for Dead Bodies the Same Way Humans DoFor the first time, scientists have observed another species handling the dead “in a socially meaningful way.”
    By Cari Romm
  31. advice
    How to Help a Friend Who’s Going Through Something HorribleIf you think you don’t need this book, you probably do.
    By Alex Ronan
  32. One Way to Deal With a Fear of Death: Go ShoppingRetail therapy for nagging thoughts of your own mortality.
    By Cari Romm
  33. motherhood
    Bruce Lee Helped Me Come to Terms With the Death of My SonHow I learned to grieve.
    By Linda Dahlstrom Anderson
  34. The Most Creative People Are Also the Least Afraid of DeathThere’s a certain type of person who tends to be more chill about this whole mortality thing.
    By Cari Romm
  37. Twitter Is Changing the Way People Mourn OnlineNew research on death and social media.
    By Cari Romm
  38. The 4 Things That Are Worse Than Death, According to 180 Severely Ill PeopleA rather dark version of the game Would You Rather.
    By Melissa Dahl
  39. advice
    Ask Polly: My Sister Has Cancer, and I Can’t Go OnEven though you’d rather crawl into a hole than face this reality, you can’t.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  40. mothers and daughters
    Nursing My Mother, the ICU NurseI have waited all my life for this access to my mother, and I will take her, as she is — distant, forlorn, changed.
    By Tiffany Briere
  41. mothers and daughters
    What I Learned From Losing My Mother When I Was 17“I know mothers can cause people problems. But it’s hard to listen to people’s bellyaches about how terrible their mother is.”
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  42. Saturday Is the Deadliest Day of the WeekIt’s first in car crashes, drug overdoses, and fatal encounters with poisonous plants.
    By Cari Romm
  43. How When Breath Becomes Air Is Helping Create Conversations About MortalityIf we’re not ready to talk about these things, at least we’re reading about them.
    By Melissa Dahl
  44. can we live
    Even Brief Moments of Happiness Can Make Death Feel ImminentSometimes women’s hearts just can’t handle happy.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  45. relationships
    The Science of Longtime Couples Who Die Close TogetherThe science of longtime couples who die close together.
    By Melissa Dahl
  46. guts
    Death: A New Excuse to Hate Your Belly Fat!Muffin tops aren’t such a joke after all.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  49. rest in peace brutus
    Bad Things Happen to the Rock, Too, SometimesPuppies die sometimes.
    By Dayna Evans
  50. our selfies ourselves
    Selfies Kill More People Than SharksGet out of the water, er, Instagram.
    By Allison P. Davis
  51. first person
    How to Plan a Wedding When You’re an Orphan“When I think about my parents’ absence at my wedding I feel a kind of relief. It’s a guilty kind of relief, but there it is.”
    By Leah Carroll
  52. in memoriam
    Sheryl Sandberg Shares What She’s Learned After Her Husband’s Death“I gained a more profound understanding of what it is to be a mother,” she wrote in a Facebook post today. 
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  53. lessons
    When Her Time Comes, Blake Will Bravely Accept Death’s Cold EmbraceShe will go gently.
    By Allison P. Davis
  54. tattoos
    What a Tattoo Looks Like Up Really, Really CloseVery cool and slightly creepy. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  55. Modern Medicine Changed the Way We Die, and Not Always for the BetterAn excerpt from Atul Gawande’s new book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
    By Atul Gawande
  56. Atul Gawande on Making Life Meaningful, All the Way to the EndWhat we get wrong about our final years. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  57. consciousness
    What Near-Death Experiences Can Teach Us About ConsciousnessNew research might alter our understanding of death.
    By Alice Robb
  58. death
    YouTube’s Most Famous Mortician on Death, Funeral Selfies, and Home FuneralsAnd, of course, necrophilia.
    By Katie Zavadski
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