After ignoring death for most of our history, the medical and scientific communities have begun to focus their attention on how our bodies behave on our journey to the great beyond. Often seen as an event, dying is actually a process, which, in some cases, can be stopped or reversed. Even after someone is clinically dead, life in many parts of our bodies carries on for hours, days, or even weeks.

Christopher Kerr is a hospice doctor. All of his patients die. Yet he has cared for thousands of pat...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

Switzerland is the only country in the world that allows foreigners to come and die on its territory...

"What could be more unsettling than a man close to death whose profound arrogance drives him relentl...

An exclusive interview with Death as he goes about his everyday business.

The third installment of the infamous "is it real or fake?" mondo series sets its sights primarily o...

In a delicate and humane manner, this film touches upon a very serious issue: how to stop fearing de...

With rising sea levels, land reclamation runs rampant in Singapore. Labrador Park is one such waterf...

Before the joint NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, humanity only knew what had been learned, decades...

My Flesh and Blood is a 2003 documentary film by Jonathan Karsh chronicling a year in the life of th...

A crash course in the professional and scientific work related to the field of venomous herpetology....

I meet Herbert in the same week I get diagnosed with cancer. We fall madly in love and plan to stay ...

Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying is a short meditation on love, grief, and imagination. The hand-d...

The Finnish modern dancer Noora Hannula dances through this documentary film in her own explosive st...

Herbert Fingarette once argued that there was no reason to fear death. At 97, his own mortality bega...

An educational film about frogs produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an educational film produ...

A large iron meteorite is found by two enthusiasts. But who owns it? A subtle film about property ri...

Before the internet. Before social media. Before breaking news. The victims of Thalidomide had to re...

This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kel...