What happens when you die? UK researchers study near-death experiences

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“The Takeaway with John Hockenberry & Adaora Udoji” is a fresh new morning drive-time news program. Produced by WNYC/New York and Public Radio International in partnership with the BBC World Service, the “New York Times and WGBH/Boston, “The Takeaway” provides a breadth and depth of world, national and regional news coverage We may know a lot about what happens to the body when we die, but what about the mind? Researchers are trying to find out, carrying out the world’s largest scientific study in near-death experiences.

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