Dr. Arthur Zitrin, Bioethicist and Death Penalty Foe, Dies at 101
An authority on bioethics at New York University for decades, Dr. Zitrin sought to discipline physicians who assisted in...
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Wondering Who Dies in the Battle of Winterfell? Here's a Handy, Heartbreaking Guide
Warning: The night is dark and full of a LOT of spoilers, so proceed with caution. Well, on in season eight's thir...
Ira Neimark, Bergdorf Executive Who Put Fashion First, Dies at 97
As president, Mr. Neimark helped transform what had been seen as a safe, dull and expensive store into an avatar of luxu...
Nils Nilsson, 86, Dies; Scientist Helped Robots Find Their Way
He was part of a Stanford team whose work in artificial intelligence has found its way into smartphones, Siri and other...
David Thouless, 84, Dies; Nobel Laureate Cast Light on Matter
Using math to explain strange states of matter, like superconductivity, he had a “transformational” impact on physics, w...
Gene Wolfe, Acclaimed Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 87
His four-book series “The Book of the New Sun” is considered one of the major works of the genre.
Game of Thrones: If the Night King Dies, Will the White Walkers Die Too? Well . . .
The underlying themes behind have always been power and betrayal, but now that the eighth season is underway, we know h...
Dr. Richard Green, 82, Dies; Challenged Psychiatry’s View of Homosexuality
At a time when being gay was classified as a mental disorder, Dr. Green defied the advice of his colleagues and took a p...
Paul Greengard, Nobel Prize-Winning Neuroscientist, Dies at 93
His 15-year quest to understand how brain cells communicate provided the underlying science for many antipsychotic drugs...
Ed Westcott, a Singular Eye at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, Dies at 97
He was the government’s official photographer at Oak Ridge, Tenn., a secret city where uranium was enriched for the bomb...
