It's a common trope - you do something catastrophically silly, and next thing you know you're watching your life flash before your eyes. Or you're standing in fluffy clouds that look suspiciously like heaven... or you're being dragged in chains to a pit that looks worryingly like hell.

Don't worry, it's just a Near Death Experience!

But... what actually are they? What happens? How common are they? And why are they all so... similar?

Will tells Rod all about the science of Near Death Experiences!

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