The Blurred Line Between Life and Death

Investigators have long relied on science to help solve crimes, from fingerprint and blood splatter analysis to the psychology of criminal minds. But not every investigative technique rests on solid scientific ground. On this episode, how science is used in criminal investigation ...  Show more

When twin brothers Trevor and Kyle Ritland were children, their father — a biologist — would tell them stories about a mythical creature that lived high in the misty mountains of Costa Rica: the golden toad. The toad was elusive, he told them — but for a few weeks every spring, h ...  Show more

Life’s final border might not be so final after all. From tardigrades to viruses, some things are both dead and alive. Or neither. How do we draw the line between the living and the dead? And how does that line blur in places like in a time capsule buried in ice, or a library on ...  Show more

A fate that awaits us all - death. Despite a century of studies, we have only a fraction of understanding on what to expect when we stop breathing, living, existing. Or do we? It is estimated that around 20% of the population has experienced something that could be construed as e ...  Show more

<span style="font-weight: 400;">How can we medically tell whether or not someone is alive or dead? The answer is much more complicated than you'd think. In this episode, which is a live podcast I gave with Tony Breu at the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Physi ...

In this episode we go deep discussing life, death, and what happens to the soul as the body inevitably disintegrates and disappears. There are some key ideas and concepts that are worth pondering as we all will, without exception, experience physical death. Romans 6:23.