Life

A study finds that grip strength is a stronger predictor of future health than blood pressure, though the reasons why remain unclear.

The extreme survival tricks of hibernators could help us overcome life-threatening injuries.

Despite much thought and ingenuity, neuroscience still struggles to define what consciousness is.

Fresh research on Facebook, fellowship, and “suicide clusters.”

Scientists are collecting stories of the near-death experiences of coma patients.

Each week, patients from across Europe are wheeled in to the Coma Science Group in Liège, united by grief, hope, and desperation.

Despite numerous recent breakthroughs and discoveries, the extreme competition and lab-research feedback loop don't bode well for the future of the field.

New research suggests children have a strong sense they existed before they were conceived.

We know what life looks like on Earth, but will we know it when we see it somewhere else?

Otherwise, we'd be able to build it from scratch.

A bunch of rich guys can't imagine what the world would be like without them.

Kanye West talks to The Times about being Kanye West.