Tag: Death

This First Transgender Doll Aims to Educate Kids About Gender Identity

To an adult, a child's toy may appear to be nothing but a colorful piece of plastic that clutters the lounge room floor. But in reality, a simple toy can be an incredibly powerful educational tool for the young minds that engage with them. That's why a toy manufacturer in Canada has developed Sam, the world's first transgender doll. Sam is designed to educate, not...

This New Digital Urn Makes us Approach Death in a Radically Different Way

The traditions of burial and cremation after death are near universal practices that have come to be recognized as fundamentally human signs of respect for our dead. We have buried our dead for over 100,000 years and traditions of cremation stretch back 20,000 years; these are ancient signals of love, empathy, and belief in afterlife utterly unique to our species and culture. However, as...
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If You Hate the Idea of Being Buried, These Glass Memorials Might be For You

At Artful Ashes, Greg and Christina Dale and their team of expert glassblowers create entrancing custom memorials to celebrate those who have passed away....

Would You Rather be Buried in a Grave or Those Pods? Choice May be Yours Soon

A new project in Italy is rethinking the way you spend eternity and hoping to redefine the way we define death and purpose. Capsula Mundi wants...

Coffins are Out, Eco-Friendly Burial Pods are In

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Will We Ever Unwrap The Mystery of Near-Death Experiences?

Brushes with the afterlife are both perplexing and intriguing to scientists and those who've experienced them alike.

Harvard Neurosurgeon: “I Have Proof of an Afterlife”

Most people believe in a religious or spiritual afterlife, which we can’t prove exists. But what about an afterlife where one is physically present? Dr....