Stephen Hawking had an unsettling response when asked what happens after we die. While it's difficult to quantify how many ...

Researchers interviewed 48 people who had survived near-death experiences (NDEs), asking them to describe — and even sketch — what they saw in their final moments.

(THE CONVERSATION) Upwards of 3 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s ...

That’s where a death doula steps in. In those quiet, often fearful moments, their presence offers something profoundly simple yet deeply human: the assurance that someone will be there at the end. For ...