While we don’t know who made the bio-weapon, why they specifically chose Desmond Hart as their unwitting weapon, or how exactly he’s activating the fatal disease, we know how it works. We also know ...

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

Fear is a tricky thing. Even though I consider myself an enlightened being, lately I have found myself struggling with fear on a daily basis. It grabs my attention when I least expect it and like a ...

Frank Herbert wrote the epic novel "Dune" (which I recommend everyone read before the blockbuster film comes out). When the novel opens, the hero is being tested to determine if he is truly "human." ...

The last few weeks sharply remind us of the old adage – “Man Plans, and God Laughs.” In less than 30 days, the American political world has been upended by a series of shocking events most people are ...

From jump scares to gore-soaked scenes, horror rarely sounds like comfort viewing. Yet emerging research suggests that fear, ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. It is late at ...

“Fear is the mind-killer” is one of the most memorable quotes from Frank Herbert’s Dune. It’s the mantra Paul Atreides repeats to himself to survive the Gom Jabbar test. The Bene Gesserit’s “Litany ...