Death in Birth. 11 minute read. Vivienne Walt/Freetown. September 18, 2008 12:00 AM EDT. I n a hospital ward in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Fatmata Conteh, 26, lay on a bed, having just ...

They claim to have identified universal laws governing the birth, life course and death of words. The paper marks an advance in a new field dubbed "Culturomics": ...

The Medicalization of Birth and Death, by Lauren Hall, associate professor of political science. Published by John Hopkins University Press. For many generations, most Americans were born – and died – ...

So they spent a year examining all this and just delivered their work in a new five-part series called "From Birth To Death." I recently spoke with one of the series' main reporters, Kat Stafford.

In Sudan, birth can sometimes seem merely more opportunity for death. Africa's largest country splits in two on July 9, forming a new, smaller north Sudan and a wholly new South Sudan. But rather ...