What really happens when life ends remains one of humanity’s biggest questions. Science and religion approach that mystery in very different ways.

The question of what happens after death sits at the edge of science because researchers can study dying brains, people who ...

Life's greatest mystery is what happens when it ends. Throughout all of human history, people have been pondering the experience of death, and from culture to culture, everyone has their own theory ...

Death has always had a marketing problem. The debilitating terror it induces has been linked to everything from money ...

Popular Mechanics recently re-shared an article on social media with the audacious title, “A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Shows that We Can Reverse Death.” Is that true? It depends on how you ...

New guidance has been issued for clinicians on the determination of brain death, also known as death by neurologic criteria. New guidance has been issued for clinicians on the determination of brain ...

A new study has revealed what animals do after they have feigned death in order to avoid being killed by a predator and what the context of this behavior is. A new study led by scientists from the ...

Dr. Michael Stanley’s op-ed “‘Brain Death’ Marks the True End of a Person’s Life” (Aug. 23) seems much less controversial than arguments defining the beginning of life, especially with the ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many animals big and small understand the concept of death. Reading time 8 minutes ...