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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Dr. Bruce Greyson can’t say for certain what happens when you die, but he’s talked to many people with unique perspectives: They were technically dead before being revived. “Most who have near-death ...

Several years ago, I was approached to write a popular book on terminal lucidity—a near-death phenomenon in which individuals with severe cognitive impairment experience unexpected moments of clarity ...

For Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, the band’s recent Boston show marked a triumphant return to the road after the singer revealed a near-death experience earlier this year. “Thank you Boston, ...