SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - With their pyramids and elaborate funerary rituals, ancient Egyptians appeared to have been obsessed with death, but an exhibition seeks to show that it was their love of ...

Humanity has long been captivated by the idea of immortality, a desire to defy aging and death. While myths and literature ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Dan Henninger. Images: AFP/Getty Images/CNP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Futurist Raymond Kurzweil has long ...

This week (June 19) in 1803, Meriwether Lewis wrote a letter to William Clark inviting him to become immortal. Actually, the letter asked whether Clark would consider joining Lewis on an expedition he ...

We came upon a dead porcupine recently… freshly expired most likely, the poor fellow well preserved but still soft, his brown and tan quills swaying in the forest breeze. My daughter had never seen a ...