Skeptophilia

A scarily long list of friends who have been coping with serious illnesses in the last six months has brought home to me how fragile life is...

In this week's episode of the current season of Doctor Who , entitled "Boom," the body of a soldier killed in battle is conver...

In July of 2004, my father died.  I was at his bedside in Our Lady of Lourdes General Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana when it happened.  He...

In the brilliant, funny, thought-provoking, and often poignant television series The Good Place , a character named Simone, who is an Austra...

It's easy to scoff at the superstitious beliefs of the past.  I've certainly been known to do it myself.  But it bears keeping in mi...

It's fascinating how long into our past we've had rituals surrounding death. There's decent evidence that our cousins the Neande...

A man is discussing his fears about dying with his parish priest. "Father," he says, "I'd be able to relax a little if I ...

Before I run a race, I have to give myself a serious pep talk, because I'm the kind of person who always assumes the worst.  Although I...

A few days ago I was out for a nice run when my iPod started sending me a rather unsettling message by playing, one after another, " 10...

One of the hardest biases to overcome is dart-thrower's bias , which is the tendency to notice outliers and ignore all of the background...