Just before she died in July at the age of 96, the sex therapist finished 'The Joy of Connections,' a book with 100 tips for a less lonely, more meaningful life Then, Westheimer would pull out her big ...

Alua Arthur has spent more than 10 years working as a "death doula," helping people plan for and transition through their last moments on Earth. The job taught her a key lesson for feeling happier and ...

TAHOE CITY — Today I offer boating tips for Lake Tahoe — actually, for any body of water. That’s not one of my usual column topics. Normally I write about California government and politics. But this ...

Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case. The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies is one of ...

Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. However, the emergence of new multicellular life forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a “third state” that lies beyond the ...

Groundbreaking research revealed that many genes in mice, zebrafish, and humans actually become more active after clinical death. This suggests that we need to redefine death, because it’s not a ...

The dictionary meanings of “death” goes like this: permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities, the total cessation of life processes that eventually occurs in all living organisms, etc.