Once you start to see it, you see it everywhere. First, there is the spectacle of Bryan Johnson, who is spending millions to stay young, injecting his son’s blood plasma into his veins, ...

Thinking about death doesn’t make you morbid—it makes you aware. But when that awareness tips into obsession, anxiety, or dread, it can start to pull you away from life itself. The irony is that in ...

One of the things that separates humans from other animals is that humans are aware that death is the final stage of life. While other animals are spared a sense of their own mortality, human ...

Death anxiety, or thanatophobia, has been shown to play a prominent role in a wide range of psychological disorders. Although death anxiety is transdiagnostic (presents itself across a wide variety of ...

Since his early 20s, Ryan has had a strong career in all things creative media, from online publications to TV organizations and beyond. He brings decades of video game knowledge and experience, ...

Sir Rod Stewart, famous singer of hits like Maggie May and I Don't Want to Talk About It, knows his "days are numbered", but chooses not to slow down as he approaches his 80th birthday.

The writer Suleika Jaouad explores what she found on the other side of her fears. By Suleika Jaouad This essay is adapted from “The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life.” To say I ...

The Big Ideas: What Do We Fear? Small but mighty acts of empathy can help us assuage the feelings of isolation and divisiveness that followed the Covid pandemic. Credit...Angelica Alzona Supported by ...