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No, Doctors Won't Let You Die Because You're An Organ Donor
And other commonly misunderstood facts about donating your best assets.
This Woman Lost 40 Pounds to Donate Her Kidney to Her Coworker
Rebekah Ceidro is saving her friend's life, and her own.
One Night a Week, This London Thai Restaurant Only Serves Offal
Smoking Goat’s weekly “Offal Monday” menu saves underused cuts of meat from the bin by turning them into delicious curry.
Climate Change Is Turning Dehydration Into a Deadly Disease
"You don't feel any kind of pain, but you feel like you are slowly decaying."
Nose to Tail and Head to Balls: Eating Every Part of the Animal at a Brazilian Meat Feast
“When an animal kills another one to feed himself, he doesn’t have preferences," says Ariel Argomaniz, one of several chefs who recently gathered to cook an over-the-top nose-to-tail feast in São Paulo.
That Thirst-Quenching Soda Is Dehydrating You
Sweet soda might offer you temporary reprieve from the heat and thirst, but that little can sure as heck isn’t hydrating you.
How to Go Undercover in Bangladesh’s Organ Black Market
Investigating underground kidney sales is "exhilarating, but also incredibly depressing."
A Shortage of Legitimate Donors Is Fuelling the Black Market Organ Trade
As Wales becomes the latest country to make organ donation opt-out, the illegal organ trade continues around the world.
The Living, Breathing 'Human on a Chip' Is Coming
Researchers are combining human cells and polymers to make a very trippy contraption for medical testing.
The Brain Market: How to Acquire Brains Both Legally and Illegally
Why it doesn't pay to be a brain dealer.