t the eastern edge of downtown Charlottesville—past the red-brick pedestrian mall with its bookstores and fudge shops and busking guitarists, beyond the incongruously modern amphitheater, just as the ...

What happens to our consciousness after we die? It's a question that has fascinated humans for all of our history. Some think there is nothing after death, while others believe in an afterlife or ...

We have all wonder what happens right before we die. Whether the belief that we see our entire life flash in our brain is true or do we see the people we cherish the most. Even though death is an ...

We've all experienced defeat at some point – losing a game, a potential new job, a debate. Now, a new study has found that ...

This week, Lauren & Billy are joined by TikTok’s The Mort Tech, also known as Hayleigh! From bizarre funeral requests to the realities of body preservation, she shares eye-opening insights into life ...

For decades, scientists have looked at various mechanisms responsible for the decline of our mental faculties as we age. A new discovery shows that the accumulation of a certain protein called the ...

WASHINGTON (August 19, 2025) – Conventional wisdom among neuroscientists suggests that the brain’s motor functions are organized around the body, meaning certain brain areas control the hand; others ...

Nicotine is much less harmful than the tobacco that naturally contains it. It has never been found to cause cancer. Nor does it cause other smokers’ diseases such as emphysema. But it is, of course, ...