The Grim Reaper did not begin as a simple Halloween costume, but as a changing image of humanity’s fear of death. Ancient ...

Why does just thinking about death make our heart skip a beat? From ancient times to today, humanity has spent lifetimes building empires, families, and identities — all while hoping to keep death at ...

While the exact numbers are debatable, scientific research using validated psychometric tools—like the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale—has been conducted in ...

We first become aware of our own mortality when we are very young, possibly as young as three or four years old. A grandparent or a great-grandparent dies, and we make the connection: the old person ...

More than 400 cases of Ebola have already been reported in Mongbwalu, a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fear ...

If there’s one thing Americans fear more than death, it might be outliving their savings. That’s one finding from an annual survey by the Allianz Center for the Future of Reti ...