A “body farm” in the UK – organ donation in extremis

A domestic human taphonomy facility?

An article published in Nature on 2 May 2019 reports that, from documents received under a Freedom of Information request, the UK appears to be close to opening its first “human taphonomy facility” (HTF) (a.k.a. “body farm”) for forensic research. This post considers the issues of law and religion that this possibility raises, Continue reading