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

Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes? You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic ...

Near-death experiences can have lasting, life-changing effects, and new University of Virginia School of Medicine research sheds light on the types of counseling and support that can best help people ...

It’s one of humanity’s most enduring mysteries: What happens when we die? Now, a new scientific investigation has taken us a step closer to understanding what may lie beyond the grave, the Daily Mail ...

Most faiths around the globe hold some belief in an afterlife, a conviction rooted in spirituality rather than empirical evidence. Yet, science has not confirmed any signs of existence beyond death.

Everyone dies, but what actually transpires during that process is a deep mystery that scientists are only beginning to seriously investigate. Increasingly, near-death experiences, or NDEs, are part ...

Facing death is a core part of making meaning of one’s life. To struggle through this universal contemplation without a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Death is perhaps the only thing we are promised in life. And yet, despite how ...

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 ...

They were at death’s door and opened a window to a whole new world. About 15% of severely ill patients report enduring a near-death experience (NDE), which may mean having an overwhelming out-of-body ...

A little over two years ago, the actor was run over by a snowplow. Like thousands of others, he then felt an “exhilarating peace.” Why? Emerson Miller/ViacomCBS In a new memoir, the actor Jeremy ...