Death: A special report on the inevitable
The only certain thing in life is that it will one day end. That knowledge is perhaps the defining feature of the human condition. And, as far as we know, we alone are capable of contemplating the prospect of our demise. In these articles we explore the implications: the shifting definition of death, how knowing that we will die gave birth to civilisation, the grim reality of decomposition and whether it makes sense to fear death. But first, when did we become aware of our own mortality?
