There’s a greyhound’s heart, a cat’s spinal cord, a smoker’s lung. A human female torso and head sliced into 1-inch sections from head to waist, completely preserved -- all touchable, teachable. The ...

Sometimes, after a long week, all a person really wants to do is read about alternative burial methods, am I right? If, like me, you think that regular funeral plans are way too boring, and you want ...

Although “Body Worlds” -- an anatomical exhibition of corpses and body parts preserved in lifelike poses through a process called plastination -- drew record crowds during its recent engagement at the ...

"BODY WORLDS RX: Prescriptions for Healthy Living" is on view at The Health Museum through April 23, 2017. Shown above are (L) Javelin Thrower and (R) Arterial Bone ...

'Body Worlds: Vital' officially returned to the Franklin Institute last weekend. The 16,000 square foot groundbreaking ...

Plastination of the body is a growing trend—and no, I’m not referring to the enhancements of Hollywood starlets. Plastination is a process of preserving specimens, whereby the water and fat from the ...