A new study explains why current brain theories fail to fully explain near-death experiences and consciousness.

An ambitious effort to create a neurophysiological paradigm to explain near-death experiences has failed to capture many ...

Across cultures, religions, and centuries, people who come close to death often report strikingly similar experiences. They ...

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

It’s unclear if the otherwise healthy doctor fell and hit his head. Regardless, his medical condition became precarious.

Anthony Mrocka opens up about his past struggles with addiction, relapse and near-death experiences that eventually led him to a spiritual turning point An unexpected series of encounters sparked his ...

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The man sitting across from me introduces himself as a house painter. His near-death experience followed a severe fall from a ladder: fractured ribs, internal bleeding, loss of consciousness before ...

When people talk about near-death experiences, it’s easy to dismiss them as dreams, hallucinations, or the mind’s last-ditch attempt to make sense of the chaos. But then you hear the stories — vivid, ...

Our brains have been designed through evolution to make it impossible to think of ourselves as not having consciousness, easily leading us down the road of thinking of our minds as being immortal. In ...

Lura Ketchledge was just 19 years old when she was involved in a horse riding accident in Virginia that led to a profound ...

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