Death positivity involves acknowledging death as simply the final phase of life. It emphasizes open discussions around death and education on the options, rights, and choices surrounding it. Share on ...

New neuroscience is challenging our understanding of the dying process—bringing opportunities for the living. The Biggest Questions is a mini-series that explores how technology is helping probe some ...

What is death? It might seem one of life's more straightforward questions but experts' understanding of the subject continues to evolve and deepen. Multicellular life forms that emerge from the cells ...

About two hours after the body of 74-year-old Constance Glanz arrived at the Butherus, Maser, and Love funeral home outside of Lincoln, Nebraska, in June 2024, an employee there noticed something ...

Medical science has pushed the boundary of survival so far that the moment of death no longer looks like a clean line. Instead, it resembles a gray zone in which cells, organs, and consciousness shut ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It’s a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants, for ...

Sarah Hays Coomer is a Mayo Clinic and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, certified personal trainer and author based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has spent nearly 20 years helping ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...