These forms likely wouldn’t materialize in nature, but xenobots show ... state suggests that [an organism’s] death may play a significant role in how life transforms over time.” ...

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are the Jekylls and Hydes of neuronal receptors — their activation promotes either survival or cell death. It was previously unknown whether this depends ...

When we think of death, we imagine a final, irreversible end. But what if death is not as absolute as it seems? What if some ...

The findings call into question what defines life and death, and open up a new area of medicine. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ...

During their lives trees perform functions critical to the health of forests and its wildlife — providing oxygen to the ...

Life or death of individual cells determines health ... initiate several distinct programmes of self-destruction, and the nature of the cell death process (non-inflammatory or proinflammatory ...

Life after death is not a central belief in Judaism. How Jews live their lives on Earth is considered to be more important than a possible afterlife. Jewish scripture has very little to say on ...