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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Death ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can chickens really run around with their heads cut off? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There's lore about chickens surviving from seconds to months after their heads are chopped off, but what does the science say? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ashley P. Taylor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PLqb9h226U2khY4rXcnw3T-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Can chickens survive long after their heads are chopped off?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A brown rooster with a red comb on his head looks to the right of the camera. He stands in a fenced in area with other chickens blurry in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is rigor mortis, and why does it happen? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bodies usually stiffen after death in a process known as rigor mortis. But why does this happen, and how long does it last? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Isabel Gil ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KMCspuLxuGfNUySQmWemrL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Full-body rigor mortis occurs between 12 and 24 hours after death.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A person wearing blue long-sleeve scrubs and white gloves holds a piece of paper standing over a metal table with a body covered in a white sheet with only its feet sticking out on top. The bare feet face the camera and have a label attached to the right foot&#039;s big toe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ AI griefbots could change how we mourn — but there are serious risks ahead ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-griefbots-could-change-how-we-mourn-but-there-are-serious-risks-ahead</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A researcher from the University of Essex dives into the philosophical and ethical questions surrounding "deathbots." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Muldoon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YmeCQajtg3hT7ngw7sFoRj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Some individuals have used AI chatbots to help process through their grief. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sad lonely man at home alone sitting on the couch with his caring AI robot]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Science history: Dian Fossey found murdered, after decades protecting gorillas that she loved — Dec. 27, 1985 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/science-history-dian-fossey-found-murdered-after-decades-protecting-gorillas-that-she-loved-dec-27-1985</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dian Fossey was a zoologist who spent decades studying the elusive mountain gorillas of Congo and Rwanda before she was murdered. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:36:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tr74NuKLxqUEpZFUrEF7y9-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Gorillas in the Virunga mountains. Dian Fossey came to study the endangered population of mountain gorillas in the late 1960s, and returned until her murder in 1985.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Bageni family of gorillas in a sector of Virunga National Park, on August 6, 2013 in Bukima, DR Congo.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's the longest someone has been clinically dead — but then come back to life? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/death/whats-the-longest-someone-has-been-clinically-dead-but-then-come-back-to-life</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ When someone's heart stops beating, their brain cells start dying within minutes. But sometimes, they can still come back from the dead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:37:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marilyn Perkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kSACuZhAj6UmhGMhGw6KS9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Can people really come back from the dead after having no heartbeat for minutes or even hours?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two healthcare providers place defibrillator paddles on a patient&#039;s chest in an intensive care unit]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Aging clocks' tell you how much 'older' you are than your chronological age. How do they work? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Biological aging tests," also called aging clocks, can predict your risk of age-related disease, disability, early mortality and more — but are they ready for prime time? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:48:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Sullivan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CPFrF2ghoHhmiBDnFNzWBG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[There are now four generations of &quot;aging clocks&quot; that make predictions about how the body is aging based on various metrics.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of DNA]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA astronaut Jim Lovell — a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 8 and the near-disastrous Apollo 13 —passed away on Aug. 7, 2025 at the age of 97. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:35:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:19:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9K39qAkwA9MEjW6HXZZ4E5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Official NASA portrait of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Official NASA portrait of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Diagnostic dilemma: Orgasm involving a kitchen whisk likely triggered person's fatal aneurysm ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Doctors report an analysis of a woman's fatal aneurysm, pinpointing its likely causes after her death. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:55:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kRR4tv8HyiUZcwLKzBcHXc-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A woman died after a &quot;berry aneurysm&quot; burst in the space between her brain and the surrounding tissue.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cerebral angiography image from Fluoroscopy in intervention radiology showing cerebral artery.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hatnefer's heart scarab: An exquisite ancient Egyptian gold necklace inscribed with the Book of the Dead ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 May 2025 15:30:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KveZtRMHPHoB7iZeTBAoxc-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Hatnefer&#039;s heart scarab and gold chain]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Green carved scarab beetle in a gold setting and a gold chain]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do 'elephant graveyards' really exist? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/elephants/do-elephant-graveyards-really-exist</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Stories of vast graveyards where elephants go to die only scratch the surface of the fascinating death-related behaviors in these mammals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Elephants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S6DU6uCZKisxYDtxP5KgDH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Is there any truth to the myth that elephants purposefully die in &quot;graveyards&quot;?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an aerial image showing elephants walking to a watering hole with their shadows stretching long behind them]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bat poop used to grow cannabis kills 2 in New York in unusual cases ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/bat-poop-used-to-grow-cannabis-kills-2-in-new-york-in-unusual-cases</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two men from Rochester, New York died from a type of pneumonia after being exposed to a harmful fungus living in bat poop used to grow cannabis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:59:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:34:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gzB2nJBDwGSyFRQYG56tAj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two men in New York state have died after contracting a rare lung infection caused by a type of fungus that lives in soil, bird and bat droppings.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up image of three bats in an attic. Behind them are other bats which are not in focus. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How do people die of the flu? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Severe flu infections can lead to a range of deadly complications, especially in people whose immune systems are compromised by age or disease. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bryan Rocha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c86vQGqmPVrijff7AUHaEF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Seasonal flu infections can lead to dangerous knock-on complications, including overblown immune reactions, lung damage and heart inflammation. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A woman holds a patient&#039;s hands in a hospital bed]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New 'biological aging' test predicts your odds of dying within the next 12 months ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new test uses a cheek swab to predict your risk of death within one year — how does it work? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julie Goldenberg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Stnqxp4wPQdCAAmbxdbyw-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new test, called CheekAge, measures biological age using cells from the inside surface of the cheek.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A doctor swabs a woman&#039;s cheeks]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More people are surviving avalanches than decades ago — here's why ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A study of avalanche survival data shows that survival rates have increased and rescues are faster, but time is still critical for buried victims. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Schubert ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/evRgYjPBMWPoG3jsVSFMmJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mountaineers are more likely to survive an avalanche today than they were before the turn of the century.  ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of an avalanche hurtling down a snowy mountainside toward the camera]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Secret teachings' about ritual Samurai beheading revealed in newly translated Japanese texts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Four newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:37:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/867bNacpxnncVe7DT3mcRX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This 1860 photo shows a samurai with a raised sword. Four newly translated texts shed light on how samurai carried out the  death ritual of Seppuku.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An old black-and-white image of a man standing in profile. He is dressed in samurai armor and is holding a sword upright, ready to strike.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Some cells can enter a 'third state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.' Here's how. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were once part of has died. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter A Noble ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EDHdwK46rn9JyWVELgF8sZ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A small white blob floating on a blue background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Vikings in Norway were much more likely to die violent deaths than those in Denmark ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Viking Age skeletons in Norway were much more likely to bear signs of lethal violence than those in Denmark, possibly because society in Norway was less stratified and centralized. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:09:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cwYiowgxVW2UxoHhBt2yRN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'I'm as happy as I've ever been in my life': Why some people feel happiness near death ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A palliative care researcher explains how death can help people appreciate life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 23 May 2025 13:27:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mattias Tranberg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aoyGyug3opGRiFiR4P2DqG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Man in critical condition after catching deadly 'B virus' from wild monkeys in Hong Kong ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/man-in-critical-condition-after-catching-deadly-b-virus-from-wild-monkeys-in-hong-kong</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ As of April 3, the man infected with B virus was still being treated in the ICU, health officials said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:56:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:52:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wjQeEBZe3zRCiWRQJjqSDc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A man was wounded by wild monkeys he encountered in Kam Shan Country Park in Hong Kong.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two macaque monkeys sitting on a table outdoors in a park]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ April 8 eclipse could bring uptick in fatal car crashes, scientists caution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An analysis of car crashes during the 2017 solar eclipse in the U.S. suggests the upcoming April eclipse could also come with an uptick in fatal accidents. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:35:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:38:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bb2zsihFDbwLrYtEh9g9ic-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[America&#039;s last total eclipse came with uptick in fatal car crashes, raising caution for April 8.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of a fire truck, ambulance and police vehicles blocking off traffic at an intersection where a crash appears to have taken place]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We don't yet have the know-how to properly maintain a corpse brain': Why cryonics is a non-starter in our quest for immortality ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a new book, renowned biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explores the reasons why we die, and discusses unproven ways people hope to cheat death, such as cryogenics. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:55:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Venki Ramakrishnan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vbrdvjb577dgmXRSepyzDo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 8-hour intermittent fasting tied to 90% higher risk of cardiovascular death, early data hint ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/food-diet/8-hour-intermittent-fasting-tied-to-90-higher-risk-of-cardiovascular-death-early-data-hint</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A study followed participants for about eight years and found an increased risk of death in those who practiced intermittent fasting. But more data is needed. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kelly Carroll ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yhAfRa3yQrM2v62kiD3CFG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study finds a link between time-restricted eating and a risk of cardiovascular death. What does it mean?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[close up on a woman&#039;s gold and white wristwatch as she checks it for the time]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years, dies age 78 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/paul-alexander-polio-survivor-who-lived-in-iron-lung-for-70-years-dies-age-78</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paul Alexander was one of the last people to use an iron lung, having been left unable to breathe on his own after catching polio in the 1950s. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:35:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ehsyf9WTzws8ZhGC4rWBLP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Paul Anderson was one of the last people to still use an iron lung. Here, a group of patients can be seen using the machines at a hospital in Baltimore in 1948. (Anderson is not among those pictured.) ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Black and white image of a group of eight patients who are in iron lungs that are arranged in an almost semi-circle manner around a television in a hospital. There are two nurses in the image, one is attending a patient towards the back of the image and another is standing by the television.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What would happen to a dead body in space? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Space is a harsh place, with freezing temperatures, harmful radiation and a near-vacuum. So, what would happen to the body of an astronaut that was exposed to space's elements? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carrie Klein ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iKnF9ei3Xo4LMvuuoG7HBS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[If an astronaut died on a mission, what would happen to their body if it were released into space?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Astronaut floating in space.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Microbiome of death' uncovered on decomposing corpses could aid forensics ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ By analyzing the comings and goings of bacteria and fungi on decomposing bodies, researchers believe they can determine when a person died. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:41:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:59:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christoph Schwaiger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GqPnFXNUhFUfoCkUiwZVuF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The same &quot;key decomposers&quot; show up on human bodies regardless of their location or surrounding climate.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Forensic scientist in a white plastic suit collects a pair of shoes in a plastic bag in a taped off crime scene in the woods]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st fatal case of Alaskapox may have been tied to stray cat ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Alaskapox virus belongs to the same broad group as smallpox and mpox, but to date, it's infected fewer than 10 people. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QTMRj2otXFXyKGuzJDCSWn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Orthopoxviruses, like those pictured here, include the viruses that cause cowpox, mpox and the rare Alaskapox.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration of blocky, roughly rectangular viral particles with bumps on their surfaces]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2,000-year-old bullet found with Julius Caesar's name on it was likely used in civil war ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bullet's inscriptions hint that Indigenous people in Spain supported the would-be dictator, Julius Caesar, during the Roman civil war. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r89yeuvY3GxGcMTbJvN9xB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The inscribed sling bullet that was found in Spain in 2019. One side says &quot;IPSCA&quot; while the other reads &quot;CAES.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of two angles of an inscribed sling bullet found in Spain in 2019.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Long flu' is real, and we've likely 'ignored it for a long time' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/long-flu-is-real-and-weve-likely-ignored-it-for-a-long-time</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Both COVID-19 and the flu can come with a long-term, heightened risk of death, hospital readmission and health issues affecting multiple organ systems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:30:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/igDBMmQe2KJF9Y4eNScZY9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Both the flu and COVID-19 can cause lingering health problems, a new study shows.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of an older man sitting on a couch indoors and coughing into a closed fist]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Kids under 5 with HIV are dying at high rates. Here's why. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/hiv/kids-under-5-with-hiv-are-dying-at-high-rates-heres-why</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Among people on HIV meds, young children are the likeliest to die, often due to late diagnosis or treatment interruptions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 22:15:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CAvtXWmQPcurFsWa2A3PBi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fewer babies are contracting HIV thanks to medicines that prevent HIV-positive mothers from passing the virus to their children, as was the case for this mother and her HIV-negative child. However, the children that do still contract HIV suffer critical gaps in treatment.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a woman sits on a bench holding a baby wrapped in a blanket, whose face is turned from the camera]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dying orca's final moments after 'desperate' effort to stay afloat captured in 1st of its kind footage ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An orca's final moments may have been captured on film for the first time, after repeated attempts by two young orcas to keep the old, dying male at the surface so he could breathe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:35:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JkQxmREJfzDptRpAx7wLJD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[After a 50 minute struggle to stay at the surface, the orca (Orcinus orca) started sinking into the depths.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An orca sinks into the water depths in Norway.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can you die from laughter? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/can-you-die-from-laughter</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Is there any truth to the phrase "I'm dying of laughter"? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kiley Price ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/28yKJsmcqcjQDcJHyHManB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Exaggerated laughter can make people pass out in very rare cases.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cheerful couple enjoying movie.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 7 creatures associated with death ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From bats to hornbills, here are some animals that have historically been associated with death. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ elise.poore@futurenet.com (Elise Poore) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elise Poore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/53SzawqC2Ky5mZEvMpLwZm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Crows (Corvus sp.) are highly intelligent birds commonly associated with death.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[crow perched on the right side of a gravestone shaped like a cross]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Big, healthy great white shark washes up dead on Canada beach in latest of string of mystery strandings ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have performed a necropsy on a great white shark that washed up in Nova Scotia — the fifth unexplained stranding of its kind in a year — but were unable to determine the cause of death. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:23:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q9CRgwvTh2cVqzXoUytNrF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) washed up dead in Canada, but pathologists have yet to determine the cause of death.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A great white shark lies on the operating table before a necropsy.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More than 10 billion snow crabs starved to death off the coast of Alaska. But why? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/crustaceans/more-than-10-billion-snow-crabs-starved-to-death-off-the-coast-of-alaska-but-why</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A large population of snow crabs in the eastern Bering Sea collapsed after a marine heat wave in 2018 and 2019 that multiplied the crabs' caloric needs and drove them to starvation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:53:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A population of snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio) in the eastern Bering Sea collapsed after a marine heat wave in 2018 and 2019. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up picture of a snow crab in a transparent tank.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Orcas are harassing and playing with baby porpoises in deadly game that has lasted 60 years ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-are-harassing-and-playing-with-baby-porpoises-in-deadly-game-that-has-lasted-60-years</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists may have finally figured out why a population of orcas in the Salish Sea have been tossing porpoises around and taking them into their mouths without eating them. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:52:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QhmgJ9kUv7spkvfCe2q3gi-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) have been harassing porpoises for 60 years, most likely as a form of social play.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An orca playing with a porpoise and balancing it on its head.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ After you die, your microbiome cooperates with soil microbes to 'recycle' your body ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/microbiology/after-you-die-your-microbiome-cooperates-with-soil-microbes-to-recycle-your-body</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ After you die, bacteria harvest your body for the nutrients that help push daisies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:00:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer DeBruyn ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yAsVBfWXzQnQbyTd33RsjW-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Andrew Rhodes / Alamy]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Some people whose brains flatline but survive can recall lucid 'experiences of death' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/death/some-patients-who-died-but-survived-report-lucid-near-death-experiences-a-new-study-shows</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ In some cardiac arrest patients, a flurry of brain activity during life-saving CPR may be a sign of a "near-death experience." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachel Nuwer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/snmup63EcfKmWmSpF93SiU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Normally, the brain has &quot;braking systems&quot; in place that filter most elements of brain function out of our experience of consciousness.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Nurse checks patient&#039;s pulse.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cancer screening may not extend lives, new study suggests. But experts say it's flawed. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new analysis of screening tests for four types of cancer suggests that only one actually increases life span, on average. But what do scientists think? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:52:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DRaAo8ZwfNGLgbFJBXry8A-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One of the tests the authors studied was a mammogram, pictured above, which is commonly used to screen for breast cancer.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[medical provider in scrubs helps a patient position herself during a mammogram]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare 'brain-eating' amoeba infection behind death of 2-year-old in Nevada ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Infections with so-called brain-eating amoebas are very rare, but when they happen, the consequences are almost always lethal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:22:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:32:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rM5CbnsArUNm3MfSsTypV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Naegleria fowleri, the amoeba responsible for causing the death of the child, enters the body via the nose and travels to the brain where it begins destroying tissue. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of the brain with a pop-out close up of brain-eating amoeba ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How many people have died in space? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/how-many-people-have-died-in-space</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Five missions have been fatal to space travelers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Donavyn Coffey ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iWuRRckuuqpHa7QikwnJGQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The space shuttle Challenger blasted off at noon EDT from the launch pad at Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[We see the space shuttle Challenger blasting off in a big cloud against a blue sky.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Surges of activity in the dying human brain could hint at fleeting conscious experiences ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An increase in a certain kind of high-frequency wave in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists don't know for sure. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 19:05:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:54:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6Z7SttyGpNHdUKdu3CTvL7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In a new study, researchers recorded comatose patients&#039; brain activity as they died. (This is a stock photo of a person who was not involved in the research described below.)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[close up photo of a medical provider&#039;s gloved hands as they adjust colorful wires that are stuck to a hospitalized patient&#039;s head]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sister André, world's oldest person, dies at 118 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/worlds-oldest-person-dies-sister-andre</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ World's oldest person dies in France, chalks up her longevity to chocolate and wine. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:56:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7GyGqLyMPGFbdAXqXWpt3a-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sister André, the world&#039;s oldest person, passed away on Jan. 17 at the age of 118.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A nun clasping her hands in prayer. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How long does it take for a body to decompose? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/how-long-bodies-take-to-decompose</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Once a person is dead, their body usually starts to decay immediately, although a good embalming job can delay decay. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:35:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ david@davidvolk.com (David Volk) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Volk ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vXAjU8ZzzgGfb7sqc3vVQC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[How long does it take for human remains interred in coffins to decompose?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Daffodils bloom in a cemetery with stone headstones against a blue sky.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's the deadliest month of the year? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/deadliest-month-us</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ What is the deadliest month for people living in the United States? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:52:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Rayne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t6y39K2xxCK9Sm3R3Z9GYP-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A widow brings roses to a grave on a rainy day.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A widow brings roses to a grave on a rainy day.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nevada boy dies of rare brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in Lake Mead ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/nevada-boy-brain-eating-amoeba</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A child died of a brain-eating amoeba infection in Nevada. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:03:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yFkR2kGGtQXUeFQ9BhfsFT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Brain-eating amoeba can enter the brain through the nose.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration of Naegleria fowleri amoebas]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is brain death reversible? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/brain-death-irreversible</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Brain death, also known as death by neurologic critera isn't just damage or a coma. It's irreversible. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:08:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cTAaw4RU8A57YqAhYjhj7Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[What goes on inside our own heads when we think?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cross section of the brain]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Who was the ancient Egyptian god of death? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ancient Egyptians were obsessed with the afterlife. So whom did they view as the deity of death? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:52:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gx44MtqVBSrHtHuzSXr7v-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A vintage illustration from the Papyrus of Ani showing Osiris (left) with Isis (right) on a scroll with cursive hieroglyphs from circa 1250 B.C., during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A vintage illustration from the Papyrus of Ani showing Osiris (left) with Isis (right) on a scroll with cursive hieroglyphs from circa 1250 B.C., during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do animals grieve? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants gather round their dead, dogs go into decline and chimpanzees stop eating when their companions die. Is this grief, as humans know it? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:35:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x4yAjbP7W3LrbWg7XTTGRg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Photo of a chimpanzee sitting down in the grass. Their arms are folded, with one hand underneath their chin. They have a pensive expression on their face.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of a chimpanzee sitting down in the grass. Their arms are folded, with one hand underneath their chin. They have a pensive expression on their face.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Antiviral pill cuts COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by 89%, Pfizer says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new COVID-19 pill significantly cuts risk of hospitalization or death when taken within three days of symptom onset, Pfizer says. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:35:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wdM7J8Se4h8E25sgrMTmMd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why do primates carry around dead infants? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a new analysis, researchers compared hundreds of such cases across primate species. ]]>
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                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Primates]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Land Mammals]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PVP3eMSniAnsUaRKZneYKD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alecia Carter]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A baboon mother in Namibia carries her dead baby. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A baboon mother in Namibia carries her dead baby. ]]></media:text>
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