FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE聽|聽October 27, 2014
The chemistry of death (video)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2014 鈥� It鈥檚 a spooky question, but it doesn鈥檛 have to be: What happens when you die? Even after you depart, there鈥檚 a lot of chemistry that still goes on inside you. Reactions teamed up with mortician Caitlin Doughty, author of the new book 鈥淪moke Gets in your Eyes, and Other Lessons from the Crematory鈥� to demystify death and talk about exactly what happens to the body postmortem. Check out the new episode here: .
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