After clinical death, some of your cells refuse to quit, or even attempt to reconfigure into strange, emergent forms.

In 28 cases, the government determined, donors may still have been alive when organ procurement procedures began.

From end-of-life care to burials and beyond, we answer your questions on mortality. We are all going to die. Yet this ...

Key Takeaways ・Thousands of near-death experiences show consistent patterns, including out-of-body awareness and feelings of peace. ・New brain studies reveal organized neural activity during cardiac ...

Just before it ceases functioning, the brain may make a last-ditch effort to find unresolved purpose or a reason to stay ...

The cells go marching on. The new research, published in the journal Physiology, suggests the boundary between life and death may not be as clear-cut as previously thought. "Life and death are ...

Unexpected signs of activity. ... These philosophical implications extend beyond the medical field, challenging societal understanding of life and death. Recommended.

Arthur C. Brooks is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the host of the How to Build a Happy Life podcast. To receive his weekly column “How to Build a Life” in your inbox, sign up here ...

Pérez had landed at the ragged border between life and death, with a brain that had ceased functioning and would never recover—in other words, it was dead—and a body that could be sustained ...