Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ for 36 Hours—and It's Testing Our Conceptions of Death

A neuroscientist from Yale University is claiming to have developed a technique that preserves the brain tissue of pigs for an extended period following decapitation. The brains are apparently not conscious, but the new technique is raising a number of important ethical issues.

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