With the help of the microbes that once played an essential role in keeping you alive, the building blocks of your body go on to become a part of other living things.
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People are congregating in Missouri after news spread that the exhumed body of a nun had not decayed four years after her death. There is a long history to these claims.
Don’t let microbes and insects turn your Halloween masterpiece into a horror show before the big night.
A public monument, a place of memory and a crumbling testament to how far we’ve come. A centuries old church in windy Suffolk, England, is a world away.
There’s logic in burying carcasses as they can harbour nasty diseases, but they also help landscapes recover from fire.
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Professor Emeritus in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
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