Boomeragers: Young Adults are Returning Home
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When Pew Research Center announced last fall 52 percent of young adults in the United States were living in their parents’ homes, social scientists took notice. This percentage was an all-time high, surpassing the 48 percent previous high which occurred at the end of the Great Depression. Put in raw numbers, this meant 26.6 million […]
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On November 1, Robert Bigelow will reveal best evidence of life after death
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“I’ve followed you on many adventures, but into the great unknown mystery, I go first, Indy,” the dying man said to Harrison Ford in a scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It’s a clever line from the 1984 Steven Spielberg hit — but layered within it is the eternal question for anyone […]
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Two Scientists Bet a Billion Dollars on Life
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Drs. Steven Austad and S. Jay Olshansky, two respected college professors who have been friends for years, have placed an historic bet between themselves that may net the winner a billion dollars. It is said to be the most lucrative wager in history. Only one hitch: neither Austad nor Olshansky will be alive to collect the […]
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The Woman who Made the Yellow Ribbon an International Symbol
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“I just wanted to give people something constructive to do,” Penelope Laingen said about her decision to tie a yellow ribbon around an oak tree in the yard of her Bethesda, Maryland home. It was December of 1979, a month after her husband, Bruce, and 51 others had been taken hostage at the American Embassy […]
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Understanding Funerals, Cremations, and Grief in 2021
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When the CDC issued “Practical Covid-19 Guidance for Funeral Directors” in late February, 2020, it was apparent that the world had reached an inflection point. Seemingly overnight, “business as usual” became “how we do business today and maybe tomorrow.” Dr. David Berendes of the CDC said that the purpose of the protocols was to “encourage alternative […]
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