There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah may soon be the 13th state to legalize "natural organic reduction," or human composting, as an alternative, lower-cost and eco-friendly way to bury the dead. Sen. Jen Plumb, ...

TRENTON — How would you like to spend eternity nourishing a flower garden, or being part of a nature trail or a patch of a grassy hillside? New Jersey lawmakers are considering whether to allow the ...

During her long career as a death investigator, Barbara Butcher often had to encounter the foul, haunting smell of human ...

Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies. These corpses have been strategically laid out in rows, naked as the day they were born, and ...