DISSECTUnder the surface of life and death. Science, medicine and the mechanics of mortality.
The deadly pull of reaching the top of Everest
In the death zone, cost, pride and exhaustion can make turning back feel harder than climbing on.
Cats can predict death: mythology, culture, and science
It's not only black cats that get a bad rep, cats have historically been associated with death and the afterlife. But can they tell when someone's going to die?
Why do we have dreams about death?
Watch this video to find out why we dream about death, and how the macabre finds its way into our sleep.
The ground remembers: how forensic geology searches for the dead
Dr Laurance Donnelly grew up near Saddleworth Moor. Decades later, that landscape shaped his work helping police search the ground for the dead.
Corpse water may have killed the Brontës
An unexpected niche: the death of Emily, Anne, and Elizabeth Brontë, and how it could be linked to poisoned corpse water.
Lethal injection: the illusion of a humane death
An interview with Corinna Lain, author and professor, and the secrecy of American's lethal injection executions.
What happens to the brain when you die?
From the brain cells causing their own destruction, to the final ‘life flashing before your eyes’ moment, watch this video below to find out the science behind brain death.Â
Does the UK need a ‘body farm’?
Human body farms can help scientists understand death, train police and solve crimes. So why does Britain still refuse to face them?
Can cryonics cheat death? Inside the UK’s frozen future
Tim Gibson, CEO of Cryonics UK, outlines how his company operates and what his vision of the future of mortality will be.
I made myself into a deathbot
What if the dead could answer back? AI deathbots promise comfort to the bereaved, but researchers warn the technology may flatten identity and blur memory.
Death dealers: The growing trade in human remains
Social media is helping drive the sale of skulls, bones and modified human remains, as experts warn legal loopholes leave much of the UK market beyond regulation.