Chinese Officials Allegedly Buy Corpses to Meet Government Cremation Quotas

11/04/14 3:37 PM PST

With few Chinese people willing to have their dead cremated, government officials apparently resorted to buying corpses from grave robbers to reach their monthly cremation quotas

World

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Ebola Causing Major Changes in Liberian Burial Traditions

10/31/14 11:21 AM PST

With body bags and cremations becoming necessary due to Ebola, Liberia's burial traditions are suddenly changing

Health Business World

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Couple Becomes First to Have Ashes Launched Into Space

10/24/14 3:31 PM PST

John and Lois Lafferty had their cremated ashes launched 72,000 feet into the Earth's atmosphere, making them the first couple to do so

Science & Technology

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Eco-Friendly Burials

05/14/13 1:01 PM PST

The latest way to go green is an eco-friendly funeral, giving loved ones a resting place in designated ecological grounds, using biodegradable coffins and no embalming chemicals so the body can eventually decompose into the earth.

U.S. Environment

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