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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep ...

Those who study near-death experiences are occasionally confronted with cases that resist straightforward interpretation. The broader phenomenon is well established: Millions of people worldwide have ...

California authorities are warning people not to eat foraged mushrooms for the time being after nearly two dozen people were sickened — including one fatally — by a highly poisonous mushroom known as ...

An ancient lake that thrived during the last Ice Age has reemerged in California's Death Valley National Park, after a record spell of rainfall hit the area, the National Park Service said. Informally ...

It's been two decades since the release of The Chronicles of Narnia, and the cast is all grown up. Georgie Henley reunited with her fellow co-stars, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, and William ...

"I am deeply saddened to learn of Elden Campbell’s passing," Campbell’s head coach at Clemson, Cliff Ellis, said in a statement provided by the university. "Elden was a great player for four years, ...

Elden Campbell grew up watching the very team he’d play for in his years-long basketball career as a Los Angeles native. The former Lakers center played in the NBA for 15 years before retiring in 2005 ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. On a languid summer afternoon, I drive to Milton Keynes, a midsize city 60 miles northwest of London and a few miles ...

Two people were put to death last week. The first happened when Florida carried out the execution of Bryan Jennings. Jennings had been convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual battery, ...

The cause of death of Cleto Escobedo III, longtime bandleader of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has been revealed. According to the musician’s death certificate, obtained by TMZ, cardiogenic shock was listed as ...

A cause of death has been determined for Jimmy Kimmel Live! musical director Cleto Escobedo III after he died Tuesday at age 59. The late-night talk show’s longtime bandleader died of cardiogenic ...