A new method developed by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, could soon unlock the ...

A new method could soon unlock the vast repository of biological information held in the proteins of ancient soft tissues. The findings could open up a new era for palaeobiological discovery.

Lawmakers are considering whether to allow the composting of human remains that would break down into a soil-like product that could be spread in plant beds or elsewhere in nature.

Seven thousand years ago, the Chinchorro people, along the Pacific coast of South America, began to mummify their dead. Their ...

The deaths of Bangladeshi migrant workers abroad reached a record high in 2024, with 4,813 bodies repatriated — marking a 5.7 ...

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Roberto Carlos Conceição Arruda recalls the moment in 2002 when an ordinary morning routine took a harrowing turn. It was ...

A new method developed by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, could soon unlock the vast repository of ...

Human rights activist and former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential canidate, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday, threw his ...

Extracting proteins from organs that survived thousands of years offers fresh insight into ancient health, diet, and daily ...

Three news headlines from as many parts of the world last week pointed in the same ominous direction – that the impact of ...

“Heat protection stands for the protection of the human right to life,” said Bharat Lal, secretary general of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in a keynote address that set the tone for ...