What happens to the human body after death? While the process of a new life being born and growing is well-documented, there is little information about the process of dying and disappearing. This is ...

Earth. While some genetic studies have probed the microbial communities that decompose plant matter, surprisingly, we know very little about the decomposition of vertebrates such as humans. That was ...

Research on decomposition often focuses on environmental factors like temperature or humidity, but researchers at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville have taken a closer look at contributions ...