Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about neuroscience and its intersection with technology. In an article published yesterday in MIT Technology Review, ...

The brain goes through five distinct stages between birth and death, a new study shows. Scientists identified the average ...

Death has always been one of humanity’s greatest mysteries, but a completely accidental brain scan captured something that might change how we think about our final moments. What scientists discovered ...

When does the brain die? While the concept of brain death has been widely accepted by medical professionals since the late-1960s, significant questions about its precise nature still remain. The ...

In “Dividing the Church on Brain Death,” which appeared in our June issue, Dr. Jason T. Eberl and others argued that current neurological criteria for determining brain death is consistent with ...

Editors’ note: In the June 2024 issue, America published an article called “Dividing the Church on Brain Death.” Dr. Jason T. Eberl and his coauthors argued that current neurological criteria for ...

Benjamin Franklin famously wrote: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." While that may still be true, there's a controversy simmering today about one of the ways ...

Share on Pinterest TikTok’s viral “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge” can lead to permanent brain damage or death in under five minutes. Sneksy/Getty Images The viral “blackout ...

In the old days, a person was considered dead when the heart stopped. Then, in 1968, a group of Harvard professors decided that people could also be considered dead when the brain stopped. Now, three ...