The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world. Embalming, or the practice of preserving a body to delay decomposition, was the ...

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests.

For centuries, the scent of ancient mummies has fascinated visitors and researchers alike. Now scientists are capturing ...

The green option, also called “natural organic reduction,” transforms a body into nutrient-dense soil in just a few weeks.

Every day, people who have died in the US arrive at La Aurora Airport in a final migratory journey surrounded by scams, ...

Autopsies often do far more than confirm how someone died; they expose hidden injuries, buried secrets, and details no one expected to find. In some cases, what’s discovered in the morgue reshapes ...

Knowable Magazine reports on efforts to recreate historical smells, enhancing our connection to the past and enriching cultural experiences.

Embalming, or the practice of preserving a body to delay decomposition, was the preference of most Georgians just a few ...

Much of an analytical chemist's work has focused on the preservation and reconstruction of culturally significant scents, ...

When Adam and Eve ate of the tree of life in defiance of God’s command, God banished them from the Garden of Eden and admonished them with these words: “For dust thy art, and unto dust shalt thou ...

UMe has announced the release of a new limited-edition box set by one of the biggest and most beloved acts in popular music ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...