Death, of course, comes to each of us, and there are literally a thousand ways to die. Indeed, one eventually must die of something, be it old age, accident, war, or disease. This is an inexorable ...

In her eponymous new film, Barbie asks her friends, "Do you guys ever think about dying?" Because she surely does. (Illustration by Juanjo Gasull; photo: Getty Images) That existential concern is what ...

What does our reaction to the sudden demise of prominent public figures such as Prince and so many other celebrities in recent years say, if anything, about our collective attitude toward death?

Texas A&M University researchers have found that a brief virtual reality (VR) simulation of a near-death experience can sharply reduce people's anxiety about death. In a small pilot study of about 60 ...