Light at end of the tunnel ... is the light of reason

Another supernatural phenomena appears to being brought into the realm of the rational, another gap for the god-of-the-gaps to lurk in closed. This time near death experiences

Of the people with near- death experiences, 60 per cent reported REM intrusion, compared with 24 per cent of people who had not had near-death experiences.

"These findings suggest that REM-state intrusion contributes to near-death experiences," said Prof Nelson.

REM-state intrusion being

an activation of certain brain regions that are also active during the dream state