People have long wondered whether modern-day human corpses take longer to decompose due to the addition of preservatives in the food chain. The claim dates back to at least 1991, when an article was ...

Research at body farms—research facilities dedicated to studying what happens to human bodies after death—supplies law enforcement with valuable information about the process of decomposition in ...

No matter where the body is buried, the microbial network behind the cadaver’s decomposition remains essentially the same. Researchers from Colorado State University (CSU) and the University of ...

When nuns at a monastery in Gower, Mo., exhumed the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster to move it to a final resting place, they were reportedly surprised to find that her body showed few signs of ...

Once a person is dead, their body usually starts to decay immediately, although a good embalming job can delay decay. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Victoria Gibbon receives funding from National Research Foundation of South Africa. She is affiliated with The University of Cape Town. Devin Alexander Finaughty receives funding from the Oppenheimer ...