Green burials, which return the body to the earth without a casket or embalming, can be cheaper than a conventional burial. Many in Connecticut opt for these, but often, the choice is made for ...

Weathering doesn’t fully break them down. Instead, it fragments them into smaller, altered particles that can persist in soils for years. And their toxicity doesn’t vanish either. While fresh ...

Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...

Texas State University's facility was created to study how bodies decay. But it also serves as a key site for training search ...

Malaria parasites contain tiny spinning crystals that have puzzled scientists for years. New research reveals they’re powered by a rocket-like reaction that breaks down hydrogen peroxide, releasing ...

Each year, the world bids adieu to roughly 60 million individuals. Death, a universal yet often misunderstood happening, inspires a combination of fear, fascination, and deep curiosity.

Microbes play a crucial role in maintaining the levels of many nutrients in our environment, but warming could disrupt their function in certain cycles.

A lawsuit filed by relatives of a South Gate father claims a funeral home botched the embalming of the dead man, leaving his ...

In recent years, as AI has begun to enter military planning and operational design, a persistent unease has surfaced among practitioners. Even with ...

Sargassum season, when the noxious seaweed begins washing up on Mexico’s Caribbean coastline, has begun earlier than expected this year.

In addition to the decomposition taking place in the ocean, Ezra and I were in general agreement that what lay beneath the ...

Beneath the world's tropical wetlands lies a carbon archive built over thousands of years — peat deposits so vast they store ...