Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Can you measure the weight of a human soul? No, but that didn’t stop Duncan MacDougall from trying. In the early 20th century, MacDougall put dying patients on a scale to try and prove the existence of a soul….
People sometimes report seeing a bright light during near-death experiences, but this symbolism of transition also commonly occurs in dreams as we approach the end of our life Kirill Ryzhov/Alamy People in palliative care who are approaching death often have vivid dreams featuring deceased loved ones and symbols of transition. The doctors and medical professionals…
It’s been decades since “Faces of Death” stirred panic among parents of teens trading the 1978 pseudo-snuff VHS. The “video nasty” spawned a number of sequels, spinoffs and now a remake starring Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery that hit theaters this month. But back in the 1980s, the original film caused an uproar at Southern…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Archaeologists in Poland are finally solving an over 2,000-year-old mummy mystery. After modern warfare erased vital information about the ancient Egyptian child, researchers were unsure about the boy’s origins and life. Now, they’ve discovered a striking detail while examining…
Michael J. Fox on Wednesday watched news coverage about his death unfold in front of his own eyes. That left him wondering: “How do you react when you turn on the TV and CNN is reporting your death?” The beloved “Back to the Future” and “Family Ties” star answered his own query via Threads, issuing…
As the time approached 10:30 Tuesday night — nearly three hours after Bruce Springsteen had marched onstage at Inglewood’s Kia Forum alongside 18 of his musical comrades — the 76-year-old rock legend told the crowd he hadn’t intended to be there. “This is a tour that we never planned,” he said. “The E Street Band…
Aubrey Plaza is pregnant! Plaza and “Girls” star Christopher Abbott are expecting their first child together. Representatives for Plaza confirmed to People that the pair are set to become parents in the fall. The couple, who have kept their romance under wraps, were spotted together at the Khaite Fall/Winter 2026 fashion show during New York…
Todd Meadows, a deckhand on one of the fishing vessels featured on the Emmy-winning reality series “Deadliest Catch,” died after he fell overboard into the Bering Sea. The official cause of death listed on the crew member’s death certificate, which was obtained by TMZ, states that Meadows died from drowning with probable hypothermia and submersion…
The report of this death is not an exaggeration: Rocky Carroll’s character Leon Vance, director at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, died Tuesday on “NCIS” after appearing on the CBS series for 18 of its 23 seasons so far. For Carroll, one of the worst parts, obviously, was that his character would be dead and…
Action star and martial artist Chuck Norris has died, his family said Friday. He was 86. Norris’ family said on Instagram that his death was sudden but that “he was surrounded by his family and was at peace.” He had been hospitalized recently. The family said they wanted to keep the circumstances of his death…
