Many researchers have explored this subject of what happens to your consciousness after you die, and some have found some pretty interesting things.

Scientists are investigating new ways to bring patients back from a vegetative state—and raising uncomfortable questions ...

When the heart stops, the brain does not shut down instantly. For up to seven minutes, it shows surges of activity linked to memory and awareness. Studies suggest this may explain near-death ...

For all of human history, death has been viewed as a final cessation of life in an organism, but new research is offering hope for restoration.

Study challenges the textbook idea that the brain region that processes body sensations reorganizes itself after limb amputation.

Certain brain cells are responsible for coordinating smooth, controlled movements of the body. But when those cells are constantly overactivated for weeks on end, they degenerate and ultimately die.

Previous research in macaques suggests that part of the brain reorganises itself when a limb is removed, but now a study in ...

Studies Have Found Brain Activity After Death Many researchers have explored this subject, including a 2025 experiment that found humans and animals give off a light that vanishes after death.