Intimations of immortality

Intimations of immortality

How do we deal with a purposeless universe and the finality of death? From Victorian séances to the embalming of Lenin's corpse to schemes for uploading our minds into cyberspace, there have have been numerous attempts to deny man's mortality. Why can't we accept the limits of science? The séance that Charles Darwin attended in January 1874 at the house of his brother Erasmus brought the ...

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For non-whites, geography plays key role in colon cancer screening; Race, ethnicity only part of equation, research ...

New research has found that whether a person gets screened for colon cancer often depends on where they live in addition to their race or ethnicity.

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