The cardinals gathered just before the conclave to name a new Pople. White smoke rose from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a new pope has been elected at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

People were ordered to evacuate from a high-rise building in Clearwater, Florida, after construction workers found a large crack in a pillar underneath the building. CBS News national correspondent ...

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Effective altruism is a philosophical movement aimed at maximizing good deeds, ultimately with the goal of separating ...

A new study reveals that mice instinctively display rescue-like behaviors toward anesthetized peers, offering powerful evidence that prosociality may be hardwired in mammals.

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 ...

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.

This finding suggests the BLA calibrates altruism based on emotional connections, not promoting or inhibiting it. The basolateral amygdala (BLA) regulates prosocial behaviour, adjusting generosity ...

Several months ago, I spent some time decluttering my house by going through papers, clothing, kitchen stuff, personal items—everything Beyond creating a more satisfying space, I discovered some ...

Parents recognize the importance of honesty in their kids. In fact, in a recent survey by Character.org, parents listed honesty as their top priority for building their children’s character, even ...