Wailin Wong is a long-time business and economics journalist who's reported from a Chilean mountaintop, an embalming fluid factory and lots of places in between. She is a host of The Indicator from ...

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How did Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's body remain intact for 125 days? Here's how modern embalming, cryogenic storage and preservation techniques reportedly made it possible.

Following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination, Iran preserved his body for 125 days before the state funeral. From refrigerated medical cold storage and Shia Islamic legal exemptions to wartime ...

Pitcher and glass of milk on table - New Africa/Shutterstock Milk has been a hot topic lately. Some people have been reaching for raw milk, believing pasteurization kills beneficial properties.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Milk has been a hot topic lately. Some people have been reaching for raw milk, believing pasteurization kills beneficial ...

Cremation and ground burial both have carbon footprints that have some people looking for other options for the afterlife. Proposed ecofriendly and chemistry-centered alternatives include a process ...

Egyptian mummification has been a source of fascination for historians, archaeologists and scientists alike for centuries. A recent study conducted by German and Egyptian researchers has finally ...

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For centuries, many cultures around the world embalmed their dead, often for religious reasons. Accordingly, embalming methods differ, but not all of them are studied equally well. In a first report ...