Rigor mortis (from the Latin for "stiffness of death") is the rigidity that develops in a body after death. This rigidity may begin shortly after death--within 10 to 15 minutes--or may not begin until several hours later, depending on the condition of...

The stiffness of the body after death that helps in reconstructing the time at which death occurred. The progressive rigidity of a corpse following death, caused by an accumulation of lactic acid in dying muscle tissues. This is a temporary condition...

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Guernsey Written and directed by Nanouk Leopold July 7 through 14 Museum of the Moving Image Rigor Mortis Grave Dutch mopefest a little too restrained The plan of attack embodied by the new Dutch film Guernsey is familiar,...

Byline: William Rees-Mogg The Americans got right the limitation of terms for their president. After having observed Franklin D. Roosevelt win four successive victories inpresidential elections, America passed a constitutional amendment to limit allfuture presidents to two terms. The voters...

A Marine lance corporal cracked jokes and lifted the lifeless hand of an Iraqi civilian whom his squad had just shot, slapping it across the dead man's face, a sailor testified Thursday.The government called Seaman Recruit Melson J. Bacos as a witness in the sentencing...

Researchers studying Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummy found frozen in the Italian Alps, now believe he died of head trauma, not the wound of an arrow.Two months ago, researchers in Switzerland published an article in the Journal of Archaeological Science saying the man known as Oetzi...