Death – Science, Technology, Society

Mitigating risk in ethnographic research

Posted on March 8, 2013June 17, 2013 by timbatchelder

In the Hands of God: Mitigating Risk
core77.com

By Jan Chipchase, Mark Rolston and Cara SilverRisk is an issue in every country where we run research (mostly in the form of vehicle accidents), but is elevated in Afghanistan, where there are occasional attacks, suicide bombings, and…

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10 children, 2 ISAF soldiers killed in Afghan suicide bombing (edition.cnn.com)

A Shocking Death, a Financial Lesson

Posted on January 18, 2013April 26, 2013 by timbatchelder

(via A Shocking Death, a Financial Lesson and Help for Others – NYTimes.com)

Avoid Hydrophobia: Swim Lessons for Kids (pediatrics.answers.com)
What Parents Need to Know Before Starting Swim Lessons for Toddlers (pediatrics.answers.com)
Giving to the Extreme (projectwhitespace.com)

Death and Dying, the Animal Way

Posted on January 16, 2013April 26, 2013 by timbatchelder

Death and Dying, the Animal Way – NYTimes.com http://flip.it/p64yX http://flip.it/X0pJs

Death, Dying, & Buddhism – Pinterest (avantika1967.wordpress.com)
On Death and Dying Differently (judemarian.wordpress.com)

The circadian rhythms of death

Posted on December 10, 2012May 28, 2013 by timbatchelder

English: Diagram illustrating the influence of dark-light rythms on circadian rythms and related physiology and behavior. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net

This is possibly one of the weirdest things I have read this year.

You (yes, you) are more likely to die around 11:00 am than any other time. That is, provided your death is the sort that happens in old age, as opposed to, say, being hit …