New research is confounding conventional wisdom about life and death. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Researchers at Yale ...

When an adult suffers a cardiorespiratory arrest the rapid application of an electrical discharge with a defibrillator can avoid sudden death in many cases. Nevertheless, defibrillation also has its ...

Do you want to live forever? If so, there’s some good news. Or so it seems. For it appears that we may have taken a step closer to making immortality reality. In a recent meeting at the National ...