Pope Leon XIV’s election and Bill Gates’ vow to donate $200 billion could help boost compassion, climate action.

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In a wide-ranging interview, he explains his decision — amid the Trump administration’s assault on foreign aid — to ...

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Should organ donors get paid? Most definitely, says Sally Satel, who believes that remedy would close "the enormous chasm ...

I used to believe that feeling lost meant I wasn’t doing enough. Being a freshman at USC facilitates consistent feelings of ...

These findings challenge the belief that altruism is limited to more cognitively advanced species and open new doors to studying the neurobiology of empathy. In a new study, researchers have found ...

If you want to watch a feel-good movie, then pull up a chair and look to Netflix to give you that fix. Netflix may not have a feel-good button in its movie section, but the streamer knows that its ...

A 2016 British study published in Evolutionary Psychology examined how much a man’s level of altruism influences his attractiveness to women. In the study, led by University of Worcester ...

Social connectedness is vital to well-being, but members of Gen Z are hesitant about interacting with one another in today’s online and polarized world, says Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki. That ...

The study authors therefore conclude that the BLA is not fundamentally necessary for altruism, but that it helps regulate the degree of generosity depending on the social distance between individuals.

How often do we feel misunderstood by those around us, even our closest friends and family? On the other side of the equation, how often do we feel as though we are unable to adequately provide ...