In a predominantly White and Christian nation, existential concerns can fuel some predictable cultural prejudices. Research on Islamophobia helps find the on/off switch.

As the pandemic spins out of control, this article considers how chronic mortality salience is likely different from typical lab experiment effects, how it impacts our ability to cope and hope, and how we might stay level-headed through it all.

Conventional wisdom tell us that there are “no atheists in foxholes.” But new research makes us ask: Is that really true?

What might post-traumatic stress symptoms tell us about how trauma impacts the way that people engage with life—and death?

Every wonder why God is "in your heart," and not your head? A new book explores research on motivated supernatural beliefs and we interview its author, Dr. Clay Routledge.

Happy Star Wars Day! We often think of death as the Dark Side of life, but could it also have a "Light Side"? We look at 3 ways it does.