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Alex Blasdel
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The New Science of Death: ‘There’s Something Happening in the Brain That Makes No Sense’
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April 4, 2024
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October 27, 2025
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Scientists are exploring near-death experiences to understand what happens to the brain during death. Different research schools have varying beliefs about consciousness existing independently of the brain. Ongoing studies aim to uncover new insights into the relationship between consciousness and death.
Martial and her colleagues speculate that it may be a form of the phenomenon known as thanatosis, in which creatures throughout the animal kingdom feign death to escape mortal dangers (View Highlight)
