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All that remains: From liquid cremation to mushroom suits, why more people are opting out of burial
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agocemetery gravestones flowers Getty Images/La_Corivo There are an awful lot of tombstones in my...
The Vatican Softens Its Rules for Catholics on Keeping Ashes of the Dead
Time via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCatholic families may now request to preserve a small portion of their late relative’s cremated...
One Senior Place: Burial or cremation? It's best to decide which one while you're still alive
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s wise to plan and pre-pay your funeral because you pay today’s prices, relieve your loved ones...
Roman-era tomb scattered with magical 'dead nails' and sealed off to shield the living from the...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 2,000-year-old tomb discovered in Turkey was sprinkled with "dead nails" and sealed off with...
Vatican eases rules on the ashes of the dead
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA small part of a dead person's cremated ashes may be stored in a place that was dear to them rather than in a church or cemetery, the Vatican said on...
American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways to put their remains to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLifeGem is a company that extracts carbon from cremated human remains and transforms it into...
The American way of death is evolving: Thielen
SC Cloud | St. Cloud Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople are changing the way they handle death, whether it's choosing cremation over burial, not having a wake or funeral service or changing how these functions are done.
Why having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTwo scholars who study death rituals explain that the corpse is considered spiritually polluting in...
When death comes: New York part of a growing movement to say greener goodbyes
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 22—When death comes, more people are going green. Environmental advocates, funeral directors, cemetery administrators and religious leaders agree that people are longing for a deeper connection ...
Human composting raised in Illinois legislative debate: ‘People should become part of the earth’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDaniel Hennessy’s mother didn’t want to be buried when she died, because she didn’t want her body to take up any land. He wasn’t a fan of cremation, but given his mother’s request, he felt that ...