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Philosopher Stephen Cave delves into the simple question: Why are human beings afraid to die?

Folk singer Joe Kowan talks about the visceral, body-hijacking experience he feels when he's performing in front of an audience, and how a song helped him cope with stage fright.

Through the story of the whale ship Essex, novelist Karen Thompson Walker describes how our most vivid fears are often not the most realistic.

Eric Deggans looks at HBO's The Normal Heart, which, alongside Dallas Buyers Cluband the documentary How To Survive A Plague, serves as a reminder of a response that was late to begin.

A new documentary takes on the storied past and uncertain future of higher education.

By the 1830s, almost all of the large hardwood trees in Massachusetts had been cut down.Jesse "Little Doe" Baird, vice chair of the Mashpee Wampanoag…

Astronomers say an all-new meteor shower could put on a show for much of the U.S., starting as early as 10:30 p.m. ET Friday. The Camelopardalids shower is named after the giraffe constellation.

In years past most of southeastern Massachusetts was farmland - livestock dotted every field. Nowadays pressure from business and residential development…

We love raw seafood but can't stand uncooked fowl or pork. Why? A big part of it is the effective lack of gravity in water, a scientist says. Weightlessness gives fish muscles a smooth, soft texture.

Willis shot eight Woody Allen films and the entire Godfather trilogy. He died Sunday at 82. Willis spoke to Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 2002.