Upwards of 3 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s life experiences are ...

For millennia, humans have used different methods to preserve the deceased, from Egyptian mummification to modern embalming. While embalming is common in the United States, there is growing interest ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Evely, Wayne State University (THE CONVERSATION) Upwards of 3 million people die ...