New experiments raise important questions about what it means to die. n December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked ...

A physicist has proposed a radical new theory of consciousness – and it could finally explain what happens when you die. Consciousness does not emerge from human brains, according to Professor Maria ...

Natural burials that forgo embalming, heavy caskets and concrete vaults are becoming more common as people look for more environmentally-friendly ways of returning their body to the earth after they ...

When Linda Gould’s father was dying just before the pandemic, she and her family felt unprepared. Living abroad at the time, Gould flew back and forth to Delaware as his health declined. Each visit, ...

When Grace Holland died inside the home she shared with her boyfriend—a respected fire captain—police accepted his story within minutes, ruling her death a suicide despite injuries, inconsistencies, ...

A cause of death has been released for Diane Ladd, the Oscar-nominated actress and mother of fellow actress Laura Dern. Ladd, who was 89 at the time of her Nov. 3 death, died of "acute on chronic ...

It’s hard to explain death to a 4-year-old. Miles Lucier couldn’t wrap his head around what death meant. His goldfish had died the year before. Their dog Copper had passed away a month earlier, and ...

On the way to the hospital, Sophia Farmer did start breathing again, but never regained consciousness, Grayslake Fire Department Chief Dan Pierre tells PEOPLE Legacy.com Sophia Farmer was undergoing a ...

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