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Despite embalming and sealed caskets being a relatively new tradition in American burial, brought about by the high mortality of the Civil War, we've quickly become uncomfortable with our mortal decay ...

Fungi are not fussy diners. Cardboard, plastic, jet fuel and asbestos – fungi will devour them all. In 2007, scientists studying Chernobyl’s blighted landscape discovered a fungus capable of “eating” ...

Cremation and ground burial both have carbon footprints that have some people looking for other options for the afterlife. Proposed ecofriendly and chemistry-centered alternatives include a process ...

The embalming of the face described in the Papyrus Louvre-Carlsberg belonged to this period. The entire 70-day embalming process was divided into intervals of 4 days, with the mummy being finished on ...