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In Every Murder, There Are Thousands of Tiny Witnesses

Insects have helped forensic scientists solve crimes for hundreds of years.

In Every Murder, There Are Thousands of Tiny Witnesses

Insects have helped forensic scientists solve crimes for hundreds of years.

This Nonprofit Wants to Turn Corpses into Compost

Traditional burial is an unnatural process that uses a lot of land, and cremation releases carbon into the atmosphere—Katrina Spade thinks there's a better way to deal with dead bodies.

Here's Everything We Learned About Death in 2014

Bodies turned up in weird places, people had complicated feelings about suicide, and the circumstances of our eventual deaths became disturbingly clear.

Future Mummies Will Be Dried and Vacuum-Packed

It's good for the environment, or something.

Watch Nature Reclaim a Roadkilled Racoon in Time-Lapse

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