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Intensely grieving a loved one could shorten a mourner's life

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Intensely grieving a loved one could shorten a mourner's life

Feeling profound grief years after a loved one has died could affect our own longevity

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Humans

Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human

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A youthful brain and immune system may be key to a long life

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Nightmares linked to faster biological ageing and early death

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Tutankhamon's solid gold death mask

Humans

Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?

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Humans

Surprising skeletons prompt a radical rethink of Egyptian pyramids

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Technology

AI can analyse a decomposing body to help pinpoint the time of death

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The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

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The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

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Society

New Scientist recommends Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The Third Realm

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The complicated role loneliness plays in 26 common health conditions

Loneliness was long thought to cause health conditions ranging from diabetes to cardiovascular disease, but new research paints a more nuanced picture

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Mind

Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal

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Health

Some brain injury patients would recover if life support weren't ended

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Humans

Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for thousands of years

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Health

Mild haemophilia may add an extra year or two to someone's life

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