For generations, medicine treated death as a clean line: the instant the heart stops, the person is gone. A wave of new ...

A growing number of professional institutions are seriously looking at questions involving consciousness and what happens to ...

You might be gone, but your digital life lives on. The average American adult has about 150 online accounts, and many have more. These include social media, streaming services, blogs, shopping sites, ...

Ms. Grose is a Times Opinion writer and the author of a Times newsletter on culture, social change and the American family. Marzena Abrahamik is a photographer based in Chicago. Jan. 7, 2026 ...