Researchers have developed a model to explain the science of near-death experiences. Others have challenged it.

Any near-death experience is a terrifying thing to go through, especially when someone attempts to end your life.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When people talk about near-death experiences, it’s easy to dismiss them as dreams, hallucinations, or the mind’s last-ditch ...

Thousands of near-death experiences show consistent patterns, including out-of-body awareness and feelings of peace. New brain studies reveal organized neural activity during cardiac arrest, matching ...

Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes? You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic ...

Just before it ceases functioning, the brain may make a last-ditch effort to find unresolved purpose or a reason to stay ...

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 ...

Do our lives really flash before our eyes in death? A once-in-a-lifetime brain scan offers a glimpse at what the mind might be doing in our final moments. Death is perhaps the only thing we are ...

Those who study near-death experiences are occasionally confronted with cases that resist straightforward interpretation. The broader phenomenon is well established: Millions of people worldwide have ...

In his special 'Live & Alive,' Sickler uses comedy to explore mortality and near-death experiences, asking audiences about their own brushes with death during his performances.