Upwards of 3 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s life experiences are ...

Natural burials that forgo embalming, heavy caskets and concrete vaults are becoming more common as people look for more environmentally-friendly ways of returning their body to the earth after they ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Evely, Wayne State University (THE CONVERSATION) Upwards of 3 million people die ...