Postmortem Changes
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To Solve Gruesome Desert Mysteries, Scientists Become Body Collectors
Before she confrontsdeath straight on, Melissa Connor always puts on a pair of rubber boots. The shelf she takes the shoes from includes a bottle of hand sanitizer, a sign warning people to check their shoes for scorpions and a bundle of wooden stakes, each of which will eventually be marked with …
United StatesInside Australia's first 'body farm': Grim graveyard where 100 bodies lie to help scientists solve the most gruesome crimes
• <b>A 'body farm' in Sydney uses decomposing corpses to help forensic science</b>• <b><br>The grisly facility takes donated bodies and allows them to rot naturally</b>• <b><br>It</b> …
Tennessee body farm study could impact court cases
A recent discovery at the University of Tennessee's body farm could have an immediate impact on court cases around the globe. (5/9/17 5PM)
JudiciaryHow the humble fly can help to solve our most gruesome crimes
Flies are often the first visitors to a murder scene. Studying their grisly dining habits can reveal vital clues to help catch the killer<p>Flies are regarded by most people as a nuisance at best, a harbinger of death at worst. They elicit little more than feelings of disgust and many people are happy …
CrimeSome corpses may mysteriously heat up after death
A strange case-study from the Czech Republic<p>One morning, in a hospital in the Czech Republic, a 69-year-old man died of heart disease. An hour later, as nurses were preparing to move his body down to the lab for autopsy, they noticed his skin was unusually warm. After calling the doctor back to …
MedicineDetermining Time of Death
Podcast: Play in new window | Download |<p>Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More<p><b>Defining Time of Death</b> <b></b><p>There are several times of death. Let me repeat …
The Chinese mummy that aged 300 years in a day: Experts baffled by 'perfectly preserved' body that turned BLACK just hours after its coffin was opened
• Found in same area as two other bodies that were reduced to skeletons<br>• Within hours, however, the corpse's face started to turn black and a foul smell …
Archaeologists find Ming Dynasty mummy in China
Road workers have stumbled upon a well-preserved, 700-year-old mummy while expanding a street in the Chinese city of Taizhou, in Jiangsu …
13 Secrets of Forensic Entomologists
Forensic entomology is the study of insects in criminal investigations. Think you know something about the field because you’ve seen Gil Grissom on …
Maggot to Blowfly: Ready for Its Close-Up
What fly is famous on TV?<p>Think corpses and detectives wanting to know how long that body has been in a storage locker or suitcase. It’s the blowfly, of course. Its larvae, a.k.a. maggots, feed on rotting flesh, which could be that spouse or business partner who got in the way. Or, in a good police …
InsectsAmsterdam to host Europe's first 'forensic cemetery'
Scientific burial ground in Amsterdam will allow scientists to study decomposition of human bodies
AnthropologyA Machine Learning Approach for Using the Postmortem Skin Microbiome to Estimate the Postmortem Interval
by Hunter R. Johnson, Donovan D. Trinidad, Stephania Guzman, Zenab Khan, James V. Parziale, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Nathan H. LentsResearch on the human …
Data ScienceA Baltimore researcher shows that the longtime standard for body temperature is wrong. Cool.
(Page 2 of 2)<p>February 11, 2005|By Michael Stroh | Michael Stroh,SUN STAFF<p>Wunderlich's book broke new ground. The German physician was the first to …
Nobody knows why this ancient mummy is so well preserved
This Chinese woman has been preserved for over 2,100 years and she’s baffled scientists.<p>Called the Lady of Dai, she’s considered the best-preserved …
ArchaeologyForensic Autopsy of Human Decomposed Bodies as a Valuable Tool for Prevention: A French Regional Study.
2016 Dec;37(4):270-274.<p>1From the Service de Médecine légale, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.<p>Abstract<p>Post mortem …
'Body farm' proposed for central Queensland would be world first for tropics
Groundwork is being laid to create a 'body farm' in central Queensland, where scientists can study how human corpses decompose in the tropics.
Australian UniversitiesThe Chemistry of Mummification
Mummies are, perhaps, the easiest go-to costume for Halloween: grab some bandages, drape yourself in them, and job done. However, there’s a little …
EgyptThis is what happens to your body when you die
<b>No matter how differently cultures celebrate and mourn their dead, one thing is absolute: the body dies in exactly the same way.</b><p>The people over at …
The scent of death (video) - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2016 — Some scientists have an important, if morbid, job: They study the smell of decomposing human bodies. By understanding the …
An exclusive look inside Australia's human body farm
At a secret bushland location, just outside Sydney, a team of world class researchers is studying decomposing bodies and helping police investigate …
Biology15 Mummies You Can See Around the World
Many regular travelers seek out their favorite series of landmarks to visit—every national park, every art museum, or every state. For the more …