Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While neuroscientists have discovered more and more about the inner workings of the brain in recent decades, a deep mystery still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The brain retains higher function even after the body has "died." Sometimes it’s the living who haunt the dead. A New York primary ...

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 ...

The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. But last year about half of the deceased ...

After she dropped to her knees outside her home in Midlothian, Virginia, suffocating, after she was lifted into the ambulance and told herself, “I can’t die this way,” and after emergency workers at ...

Sometimes it’s the living who haunt the dead. A New York primary care doctor redefined the phrase “life after death” after finding that the brain remains active even after one’s heart stops, as ...