Thursday, January 3, 2013

(Advanced) Death as we know it

Anne Pringle collecting data about the lichens on the gravestones at a cemetery in Petersham, Mass.


"Death as we know it rests on an animal-centered idea of individuality." Dr Anne Pringle, who is studying the possible immortality of lichen that grow on gravestones.


Reading:

A Seemingly Immortal Species
By Hillary Rosner

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