Human funerary practices have come a long way, but until recently your main options were either burial or cremation using gas ...

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to introduce water cremation. The process, known as hydrolysis, offers an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or traditional cremation as the ...

Some people say that death is the most natural thing in the world. It sure doesn’t feel that way when you’re flipping through ...

A new Ohio Senate bill would authorize natural organic reduction for humans after death — also called human composting — a ...

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much ...

Green-Wood Cemetery is going green on death. This week the Brooklyn burial ground announced a new option for leaving this world: composting corpses into nutrient-rich dirt. The nearly 200-year-old ...

Lineup: Dan Morganroth, lead vocals and guitar; Brad Fuller, lead guitar; Jim Olson, drums; Tom Kolarik, keyboard and bass; John Sparks, bass guitar. History: Inspired by 1990s alternative rock, Aqua ...

Sandra van der Laan has received funding from CPA Australia. Lee Moerman has received funding from CPA Australia. She is a volunteer with Tender Funerals, a community-based, not-for-profit funeral ...

An international team of scholars identified the oldest known intentional human cremation, dramatically expanding what archaeologists know about early hunter-gatherer practices. Discovery reveals ...

Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...

The waterproof drone raised a ton of money via Indiegogo, but could be caught up in the FCC's ban on foreign-made drones. Without the agency's approval, its future in the US is doubtful at best.