It’s been 25 years since Matt Groening’s classic cartoon Futurama first aired, offering a hilarious portrayal of Earth in the 31st century. In the cult sci-fi series, New York delivery boy Fry is cryogenically frozen on New Year’s Eve 1999 and wakes up 1,000 years later to a very different reality. As Fry discovers, the world
UK regulators have attempted to shut down a website that allows people to advertise themselves as ‘suicide partners’, and is thought to be involved in 130 British deaths. The website hosts a ‘member’s only’ forums where users can search for someone to join them in the devastating act — with some travelling abroad to do
Celebrity suicides can act as a ‘contagion’ – triggering thousands of people to consider taking their own lives, a new study warned. Researchers analyzed the ‘rapid and expansive spread’ of suicidal behavior related to the deaths of three iconic individuals, including actor Robin Williams, fashion designer Kate Spade and travel writer Anthony Bourdain. They found
Hamas has claimed it was behind a bomb explosion in Tel Aviv on Sunday night which Israeli authorities say killed the suspected attacker and injured a civilian. A statement from the armed group said it had been a “martyrdom operation” carried out in co-operation with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It also warned that suicide attacks would
The Dignity in Dying campaign group says more than 200 million people around the world have legal access to some form of assisted dying, external. Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942. Its Dignitas facility began operating in 1998. However, all forms of euthanasia are against the law. Assisted suicide is also legal in neighbouring
A journal that could hold vital clues to the final weeks of a young teacher’s life before she found with 20 stab wounds has not been returned to her parents 13 years later. Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment in Philadelphia in the middle of a blizzard on January 26,
An eye-opening documentary takes viewers inside one of America’s poorest regions, where drug addiction, suicide and incest are just some of the complaints among locals. YouTube creator Drew Binksy set out on a road trip through West Virginia and, in a film documenting his 24-hour trip, he explains that it is a place where ‘the collapse