(National Post) There may be a small amount of life after death, scientists believe.
The largest ever medical study into near-death and out-of-body experiences has discovered that awareness may continue even after the brain has shut down completely.
It is a controversial theory which has, until recently, been treated with widespread skepticism.
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Scientists at the University of Southampton spent four years examining more than 2,000 people who suffered cardiac arrests at 15 hospitals in the U.K., U.S. and Austria.
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