HUMAN decomposition is a natural process that occurs in four stages after death. As soon as the heart stops beating, cells are deprived of oxygen and start to lose their structure. Once your body ...

Decomposition generally follows a similar process no matter what conditions a body is in. However, the timing of this process can change significantly based on everything from the amount of ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) Impacts Soil Chemical and Microbial Response to Human Decomposition. mSphere, 2022; DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00325-22 ...

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 ...

“When humans are outside decomposing in sub-zero temperatures, we start to see mummification. What we want to look at is the decomposition process including insect and scavenger activity.” LeFevre ...

Research on decomposition at this body farm in North Carolina contributed to developing the process of human composting, legal in Washington State, Colorado, and Oregon.

FLORENCE, Colo. — For the first time in Colorado, the remains of a person who went through human body decomposition were laid out in the hills of Fremont County Sunday. Human composting became ...

FLORENCE, Colo. — For the first time in Colorado, the remains of a person who went through human body decomposition were laid out in the hills of Fremont County Sunday. Human composting became ...

Officially known as the Anthropology Research Facility, this is where scientists examine the process of human body decay under different conditions.