Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

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Police say a Pennsylvania man who had about 100 sets of human remains is charged with stealing from a graveyard at the edge ...

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The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional ...

A team of archaeologists in Africa has discovered evidence of the oldest known cremation of a human being on the continent. The site in northern Malawi dates back over 9,000 years, and includes dozens ...

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Gold represents Christ’s position. He is proclaimed as “the King of Kings." Gold has long been a symbol of royalty. It ...

Ben Vos, a coordinator at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s on-site mortuary, walked CNN Travel through the strict protocol he ...

Around 50,000 dead bodies are also transported on flights each year, either because a person has died in while abroad (repatriation) or they’re to be buried or cremated in a different country.

We’re far from realizing the kind of nanomachines envisioned in media like “The Diamond Age” and Metal Gear Solid, but scientists have just taken a meaningful step towards the next best thing. A team ...

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