I have not given 'the best way to die' much thought yet, but apparently a leading doctor and the former editor of the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) has claimed cancer is the best way to die.

Dr. Richard Smith believes that cancer provides opportunity to reflect on life before it ends is important and urges charities and the medical world to "stop wasting billions trying to cure cancer".

In a blog published in The BMJ, the doctor wrote that while most people tell him they would prefer a sudden death, he thinks that is very hard on the families of the deceased.

"The long, slow death from dementia may be the most awful as you are slowly erased, but then again when death comes it may be just a light kiss," he wrote.

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There are two different "thinking" systems that predominate our brain. They are responsible for our first impressions and then later changing them, our in depth views and perspectives, in addition modulating our thinking with respect to a given context. System one is mainly the "fast" thinking system. System two is a relatively slower thinking system. Their remarkably different yet crucial functions are portrayed beautifully in this video.

Cancer cells and their bizzare behavior explained in this short video along with the various treatments depending on the cancer type and stage.

Watch the fastest animal in the world - a peregrine falcon - effortlessly accelerate to speeds of more than 290 km/h to chase a plummeting skydiver.

Charles Darwin said that it was "absurd in the highest possible degree".

The most venomous caterpillar in the U.S., known as the furry puss caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis) sent many people in the eastern U.S. to the hospital last September. While these insects may look soft, their outer comb-over hides small, extremely toxic spines that stick in your skin.

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