Researchers have developed a model to explain the science of near-death experiences. Others have challenged it.

Mercedes Somich was on the operating table when she said she left her body. It was the 24-year-old’s first pregnancy, and her labor had already been painful and dramatic. But then she needed an ...

Jimmy Kimmel has described the past year as “a near death experience”. On Sunday (01.04.26), the 58-year-old TV star won his second-ever Critics Choice Award for Best Talk Show, and after he accepted ...

“Unfortunately this was a wake up call,” the 38-year-old said Cassey Ho/Instagram Cassey Ho revealed she “almost died” in 2025 while scuba diving She said the near-death experience felt like a ...

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Jimmy Kimmel is reflecting on his rocky 2025 after winning Best Talk Show at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. The comedian’s talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, faced a six-day suspension in September amid ...

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has been described as “profound psychological events with ...

Several years ago, I was approached to write a popular book on terminal lucidity—a near-death phenomenon in which individuals with severe cognitive impairment experience unexpected moments of clarity ...

Texas A&M University researchers have found that a brief virtual reality (VR) simulation of a near-death experience can sharply reduce people's anxiety about death. In a small pilot study of about 60 ...