A Glimmer of Consciousness at the End

A Glimmer of Consciousness at the End

After death, you’re aware that you’ve died, say scientists. Your subjective experience might not end the moment your heart stops, research on near-death experiences suggests. In recent decades, scientists have been studying near-death experiences (NDEs) in an attempt...
When Death Teaches About Life

When Death Teaches About Life

New York Times opinion writer Lydia Polgreen talks about how a father’s death helped his son live better.  He writes “I thought about the principles for dying and realized that they are also rules for living. A set of maps for navigating a broken world on...