Police say a Pennsylvania man who had about 100 sets of human remains is charged with stealing from a graveyard at the edge ...

Walter Williams, 78, was pronounced dead by medical staff and transported to a Mississippi funeral home in a body bag. But ...

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We’re far from realizing the kind of nanomachines envisioned in media like “The Diamond Age” and Metal Gear Solid, but scientists have just taken a meaningful step towards the next best thing. A team ...

Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small black hole tried to pass through your body? An article by Professor of Physics ...

Brian Walshe, the Cohasset man charged with murdering his wife, Ana, in early 2023, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty today (Nov. 18) on two counts related to the case – the unlawful ...

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In nearly 40 years as a funeral director and embalmer, I’ve been asked more times than I can count, “What exactly is embalming, and how do you do it?” Most people have heard of it, but very few ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

A new study shows that aging isn't a totally gradual or linear process. While the research comes with caveats, the findings could help us age more gracefully. A pathology professor who believes ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...