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Our latest study takes a closer look at the emotional lives of humpback whales.
Horses have been used to make antivenom for more than a century. Could our new research offer a better way?
Death is never easy – but it’s inevitable. Why not try to make the financial and administrative work that follows it easier for your loved ones?
The 19th-century spiritualist movement promised contact with the dead. Today’s AI grief tech is reviving that promise in unsettling new ways.
Mindfulness can improve health and well-being, but it may not work for everyone. Buddhist teachings suggest that how it is practiced – and who guides it – matters.
The dead remains of foundation species can boost or deter how well future generations are able to grow and thrive.
Whether you call it a living funeral or a ‘bon voyage party’, a growing number of Australians are choosing to celebrate their lives before they die.
With spectacle, personality clashes and corruption increasingly defining American politics, it was only a matter of time before TMZ would set its sights on the Beltway.
Whether or not there’s a will, the results are the same.
Do you knit or solve puzzles for fun? Research suggests hobbies such as these could help keep your brain healthy, particularly in older age.
The Tasmanian government has apologised for body parts being collected and displayed without consent. This is not the first time this has happened in Australia.
Families understandably want to know why their baby died. A perinatal pathologist explains how they try to find out.
How animals respond to death.
A new study suggests that the decades-long march toward cremation may not last forever – particularly if Gen Z’s preferences pan out.
A death doula works as a community partner offering support to the dying.
We live in an age where our houses are more full of stuff than ever. Death cleaning is an act of love that helps makes things for those you leave behind a lot easier
Former coal communities face higher death rates from suicide, drugs and alcohol revealing lasting effects of industrial decline.
The people I spoke to were worried they had failed to arrive at the elusive destination of ‘acceptance’.
When your loved one is in palliative care, the last thing you want to think about is money. But new research shows financial stress at this difficult time is front and centre.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor Emeritus of Death Studies, University of Bath
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Professor, Social Work, University of Waterloo
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Social Work, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Professor of Property Law and Death Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer, Criminology, University of York
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Sociology, University of Bath
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Reader of Health Psychology, Queen's University Belfast