Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson shares what might happen to our atoms in death, comparing burial and cremation.

Cremation at death is steadily gaining in popularity, but so is the number of deceased people whose ashes are abandoned at funeral homes and cemeteries. Which raises a question: What's happening to ...

Petra McDermott is determined to recover her mother's cremated remains, which were lost by USPS after being sent from Germany. The remains have been tracked across multiple states, including Florida, ...

History is filled with rich rulers who were buried blinged-out in emeralds, diamonds, and other precious gems. But it’s only recently that humans themselves can literally become precious stones. Swiss ...

A family in Rochester, N.Y., learned the person they had cremated was not their missing loved one after she was seen alive in Detroit, according to a new report Police initially said Shanice Crews ...

A Walnut Creek family is demanding answers after they said their loved one was cremated without notifying them first. The ...

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