For generations, medicine treated death as a clean line: the instant the heart stops, the person is gone. A wave of new research is dismantling that certainty, revealing a messy, lingering borderland ...

People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair.

Death and the possibility of an afterlife have fascinated artists, philosophers, and scientists throughout history. Fear, hope, dread… these are all things we might feel when we ponder what happens to ...

Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case. The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies is one of ...

A rare glimpse into Life After Death’s original vision has surfaced, shedding light on unreleased tracks and unexpected collaborations. The Instagram account 92 Bricks recently unearthed a tracklist ...

I n 1959, an 18-month-old Lebanese boy named Imad Elawar began speaking strange words. Over the next few years, his parents began to discern a narrative, one involving a village called “Khirby,” a ...

Pew Research Center conducted this survey to measure the prevalence of a variety of religious and spiritual beliefs and practices around the world. The survey included some questions grounded in the ...