Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nina Schoen likes the idea of life (plant life) springing from death. Schoen has a close friend who chose to have her remains made ...

Now, New South Wales has become the first Australian state to pass legislation allowing another option: “human composting”, ...

When Dennis Cunningham was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted his death to reflect the values he lived by. As a civil rights lawyer, Cunningham defended the Black Panthers, AIDS protestors, and ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...