After You Die, These Genes Come to Life

(Credit: Immersion Images/Shutterstock) From the time we see Bambi's mom bite the dust, we all know what death is. At least, we think we do. But the simple definition of death--that the body stops working--doesn't take into account how weird our bodies actually are. "We really know nothing about what happens when you die," says Peter Noble, a former professor at the University of Alabama. Noble knows firsthand that surprises await scientists studying the end of life: he helped discover that