Researchers made an ancient find that suggests with the right conditions the potential impact of "wood vaults" could be ...

About 60% of Americans are now choosing cremation over a traditional burial, versus only around 20% in the mid-1990s.

A burial urn full of the stuff, discovered by archaeologists in a Roman tomb in Spain, was found to have cremated remains inside. Yes, it seems our ancestors may have loved wine even more than ...

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The kurgan, or large burial mound, was unearthed in Tuva, a republic in southern Siberia. It dates to the transition between ...

Lake Elmo’s Steve Wheeler advocated in his final days for “natural organic reduction,” or human composting. The upcoming ...

She also reached out to a local funeral home by tracking the name on the urn. That lead has not yielded answers as of press time. Belin is raising awareness about her mission on social media and ...

He and his colleagues were digging a trench in the Canadian province of Quebec, one that they planned to fill with 35 metric tons of wood, cover with clay soil, and let sit for nine years.

Stately yet utilitarian, a beautiful wooden cutting board is an essential building block in any home kitchen. It may not hold the lead part—that’s taken by the agile chef’s knife—but it ...

Melanie Buffum’s belongings are in a pile from Helene, but she was able to salvage some of her treasured items from her home ...

Their study, “3775-year-old wood burial supports ‘wood vaulting’ as a durable carbon removal method,” was published in Science on September 27, 2024. This study was supported by MAPAQ ...

People who’ve lost their pets will have an opportunity to grieve those deaths on a sunset memorial cruise Friday.