A growing form of donation is expanding the organ supply in the US — and testing how medicine protects dying patients.

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Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has been described as “profound psychological events with ...

The boundary between life and death appears increasingly complex as scientists uncover evidence of cellular activity persisting after an organism’s death. This phenomenon dubbed the “third state” ...

Scientists are dismantling the old binary of alive versus dead, revealing a surprising middle ground where cells from dead bodies can reorganize, communicate and even gain new abilities. Instead of ...

Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case. The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies is one of ...

From end-of-life care to burials and beyond, we answer your questions on mortality. By Amanda Schupak Illustrations by Xiao Hua Yang We are all going to die. Yet this inescapable fact often goes ...

As humans, we typically look at life and death as two sides of the same coin. However, some researchers believe there could be a "third state" between the two. One piece of evidence for this ...