What We Do With Dead Bodies
Everyone dies, but what do we do with those bodies? In this episode of SciShow, Hank explores the various options, from mummification to liquefaction, and everything in between. ----------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: subbable.com/scishow -- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: thankstank.tumblr.com Thumbnail credit: Urban Sources: www.nytimes.com/1999/07/03/world/lirong-journal-tibetans-and-vultures-keep-ancient-burial-rite.html newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/alternatives-to-the-traditional-funeral/?_r=0 www.cremationsolutions.com/Cost-of-Cremation-Diamonds-c44.html www.eternalreefs.com/ www.biocremationinfo.com/WhatisBioCremation.aspx www.celestis.com/ www.resource.uk.com/article/Wider_Sustainability/Dying_be_green-1541#.UlW8YtIqiSo www.wisegeek.com/what-is-promession.htm cryonics.org/prod.html www.koerperspende.de/en/body_donation/why_body_donation.html www.thelocal.se/33178/20110413/ www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_curiosity/2004-10/26/content_62632.htm science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/afterlife/embalming4.htm www.newscientist.com/article/dn1351-freezedrying-offers-green-burial.html www.livescience.com/15980-death-8-burial-alternatives.html www.livescience.com/11366-top-10-weird-ways-deal-dead.html www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2009/02/the_green_hereafter.html www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2012/oct/31/neuroscience www.popsci.com/category/tags/alkaline-hydrolysis chemistry.about.com/od/moleculescompounds/a/liquidnitrogen.htm www.promessa.se/en/introduction-of-promession/ www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/neanderthals.html www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2921/could-you-be-frozen-solid-then-broken-into-a-million-pieces io9.com/5778160/having-your-body-shattered-like-a-frozen-liquid-terminator-is-good-for-the-earth www.environmentalgraffiti.com/breaking-news/news-freeze-dried-and-boiled-brown-goop-latest-burial-practices www.pbs.org/pov/homegoings/economics-of-the-funeral-industry.php www.bodyworlds.com/en/plastination/method_plastination.html science.howstuffworks.com/cremation1.htm
