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Thinking About Death Can Make You Value Life More
By Nathan Heflick published
Go ahead and contemplate your own mortality. How does it feel? Would you be surprised to learn that it can potentially improve your mental health to think about your death more often?
Countries with the Deadliest Roads Revealed
By Megan Gannon published
On average, 18 out of 100,000 people on the planet die in car accidents each year, but that fatality rate varies widely across different countries.
Countries With the Most and Least Car-Crash Deaths
By Megan Gannon published
A new study examines which countries have the highest and lowest rates of car crash fatalities. Here's a list of the top and bottom 25 nations.
Polar Vortex: Can a Person Freeze to Death?
By Karen Rowan published
Frostbite and hypothermia are the two most common health effects of exposure to cold weather. But how soon do they set in?
Death Rates Higher in Booming Economy
By Bahar Gholipour published
Death rates among middle-age and older people are higher when the economy is growing than when it's going down toward recession, a new study finds.
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