The space between life and death has fascinated scientists, mystics, and near-death experiencers for centuries. It’s the strange, elusive in-between — a liminal state the body enters when the heart ...
Death is one of life’s few certainties, yet science is beginning to reveal how the body prepares for its final moments. Surprisingly, our senses do not fade all at once. They switch off in a ...
Laboratories that once focused on easing the final moments of life are now probing whether those moments are as final as medicine has long assumed. A wave of experiments on brains, organs, and ...
TRAVERSE CITY — If there’s a mysterious or accidental death in Grand Traverse County, the body will usually travel 193 miles south to Kalamazoo. That’s where medical examiners like Dr. Nicolas ...