Human composting turns bodies into soil by speeding up “what happens on the forest floor,” according to Tom Harries, CEO of Earth Funeral, the human composting company the Muckenhoupt family ...

AP photographers document it, often spotting beauty even while covering death and destruction. An insect hovers near flowers decorating the area around the holy remains of the patron saint of the ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.

The AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll updated Monday has a similar look at the top with some substantive changes elsewhere after six ranked teams -- including two who were ranked inside the ...

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology It can sometimes feel like health ...

An international team has now sequenced the oldest modern human genomes to date. The genomes were recovered from seven individuals who lived between 42,000 and 49,000 years ago in Ranis ...

For the second consecutive week, Tennessee holds the No. 1 spot in the AP men’s Top 25 poll. The Volunteers (10-0) received 1,537 votes and 50 first-place votes to stay ahead of No. 2 Auburn ...

The final AP Top 25 of the regular season has No. 11 Alabama one spot — and one voting point — ahead of No. 12 SMU as the teams await the final College Football Playoff rankings to determine ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The jostling for No. 1 never ends. Tennessee remained at the top spot of the AP men’s basketball Top 25 poll this week, but Auburn is close on its heels. The SEC, the nation ...

Kansas, which had been ranked No. 1 in the country since the start of the 2024-25 college basketball season, has dropped to No. 10 in this week’s Associated Press top 25 rankings. Road losses to ...

The most notable choice by the AP voters is ranking Alabama (No. 11) one spot ahead of SMU (No. 12). The Mustangs had a straightforward path into the College Football Playoff. A win over Clemson ...