Category: Death & Dangers
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Do You Have a Face-Finding Superpower for Fighting Crime?
Scotland Yard has a team of super-recognizers.
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Would Your Dog Eat You if You Died? Get the Facts.
You might not look at your beloved Bella or Buddy the same way after reading this.
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Welcome to the World’s Most Awesomely Awful Places
Take a tour of the most hellish and deadly natural wonders, from sulfur-choked pits to a bloody waterfall.
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How ‘Talking’ Corpses Were Once Used to Solve Murders
For centuries, oozing wounds were seen as proof of guilt in court—but even in death, women’s testimony was considered less credible than men’s.
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Surreal Cases of Bodies Exhumed for Science
From presidents to outlaws, many types of people have been exhumed to answer questions about how they lived and died.
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Cannibalism Study Finds People Are Not That Nutritious
While our ancient ancestors did practice cannibalism, eating other humans just couldn’t compare with taking down a mammoth.
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Among Mammals, Humans Are Just Typically Murderous
Humans get some of their knack for killing each other from the primate family tree, a new study says—but that doesn’t let us off the hook.
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See the Ugly Beauty That Lives in a Toxic Cave
Lurking below the quaint ski town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, lies a cave belching deadly gases.