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New scientist "special report" on death

There are loads and loads of articles here, http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/death if anyone wants to add it to the article.

Of particular grim nature was this, http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19626252.800 posted Oct 17, 2007. --Robert W King 19:16, 29 October 2007 (CDT)

Multicellular difference?

The intro currently says All known multicellular organisms eventually die. Are single-celled organisms immune? Can we just drop the "multicellular"? I know about spores, but I wonder if they are alive. I suppose they are.. but I'd say they are more like 'suspended animation'. I would think that eventually any individual one-celled organism will die, after a long enough period of activity? Or am I confused about that? J. Noel Chiappa 13:36, 17 April 2008 (CDT)