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Five death rituals to give you a new view on funerals

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Five death rituals to give you a new view on funerals

Every culture has a different death ritual – some involving levels of intimacy that would be unthinkable to people in the West. Here are just five of them

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Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

A rebel monk's challenge to the Catholic church's teaching 500 years ago fired Europe with radical thinking. Did it spark the scientific revolution?

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