Mastering decomposition—the skill of breaking down complexity into manageable chunks—can help if you're easily overwhelmed by anxiety, procrastinate, have difficulty concentrating due to depression, ...

Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter decomposes in rivers and streams on a global scale, according to a new study. That could pose a threat to biodiversity in waterways around ...

No matter where the body is buried, the microbial network behind the cadaver’s decomposition remains essentially the same. Researchers from Colorado State University (CSU) and the University of ...

A new generalized definition of Mersenne numbers is proposed of the form (a^n - (a-1)^n), called Global Generalized Mersenne numbers, or simply Generalized Mersenne numbers and noted GM_{a,n} where a ...

People have long wondered whether modern-day human corpses take longer to decompose due to the addition of preservatives in the food chain. The claim dates back to at least 1991, when an article was ...

Our bodies undergo strange changes after we die. But this may be the strangest: Scientists say they've captured footage of a decomposing body moving in its grave. Forensic science student Alyson ...

There’s no trash can in sight, so you throw the peel of the banana you’ve just eaten on the ground to get rid of it. It’s fine, you think to yourself, it’ll decompose anyway. The many discarded banana ...