The authors of a recent study (Timmermann et al., 2018) argue that what people experience under the influence of DMT provides a model of what people undergo during near-death experiences. Although ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. What happens when you die? As she lay blindfolded in a seat in a dimly ...

This article was originally published on Reality Sandwich, and appears here with permission. Do We Have Souls or Are We One With the Universe? Many religious traditions believe that humans possess an ...

A powerful psychedelic compound found in ayahuasca can model near-death experiences in the brain, a study has found. Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are significant psychological events that occur ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brain image shows significant "hyper-connectivity" induced by DMT. On a spectrum, yellow refers to "strong" connectivity, while ...

There’s no universally accepted definition of a near-death experience, but those who have come close to dying say that Hollywood’s depictions aren’t too far off. Nearly dying usually involves travel ...

In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander contracted a rare case of bacterial meningitis. As the pathogen wracked his brain, causing it to swell and suffuse with pus, Alexander entered a deep coma. He was not ...

This article by Lester Black was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission. DMT earned its “businessman’s lunch” nickname in the 1980s thanks to the molecule’s paradoxically ...