New research suggests the brain may stay active moments after the heart stops, triggering life recall and calm sensations ...

Death is one of the most profound and inevitable events we experience as human beings. Despite its universality, much about death remains shrouded in mystery. However, recent scientific advances are ...

Medical science has pushed the boundary of survival so far that the moment of death no longer looks like a clean line. Instead, it resembles a gray zone in which cells, organs, and consciousness shut ...

Neuroscientists have actually recorded the brain activity of someone as they died, and found that their brain waves at the ...

You know the stories: a flash of light, a tunnel, maybe even a mysterious voice telling you it’s not your time. Near-death experiences have fascinated people for ...

A neuroscientist survey shows that 40 percent think it might be possible to preserve a human brain, potentially well enough ...

Brain Activity After Death Some processes continue for minutes or even hours after clinical death. In fact, during the early stages following clinical death, the body enters a series of steps that ...