Police investigate a vessel with human remains found on a Caribbean island linked to Mali passports, and decomposition ...

For those body recomping, Machowsky recommends consuming 0.8 to 1.0 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight. While you’ll ...

Human composting is coming up to a House vote for a second year in a row as the Senate appears to let the bill languish.

A 2024 U.N. report found that 95% of released Ukrainian POWs had endured “systematic” torture. Prisoners described beatings, ...

What truly happens to the human body after death? From the first minutes to long-term decomposition, we explore the biological journey of the body shedding light on a natural process that’s both ...

What really happens when nature takes over? This deep dive into forest decomposition reveals how the ecosystem breaks down ...

Human composting, an ecological alternative to burial or cremation, will become legal in Georgia beginning July 1.

Known as "organic human reduction" under Georgia law ... body with plant matter like straw and alfalfa in a special chamber. The body undergoes an accelerated form of natural decomposition, turning it ...

While the timeframe for bodies' standard decomposition is based ... What can you do with human compost? Families of someone whose body was composted have been known to use the soil to grow and ...

His unembalmed body, witnesses say, did not decompose in the days between his ... microbes are the engine — particularly those in the human gut (you have 2-5 pounds of microbes in there, roughly ...

AFP via Getty Images Authorities would’ve likely needed to preserve the body quickly to prevent the rapid onset of decomposition ... more respectful to the human body, Euronews reported.

and is distinguished by the use of less invasive substances that are more respectful of the human body. It consists of a hygienic preservation treatment that slows down decomposition processes ...