In the forests of Uganda, wild chimpanzees have been caught on camera doing something startlingly human: treating each ...

What is altruism? And is there a particular personality type that naturally delivers acts of kindness to others?

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Researchers and policy experts explain why Energy Star has been so successful and what we could do in its absence.

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The analysis of 3 dozen studies found similarities and differences in motivating factors for and against clinical trial ...

A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of health care — and what that says about the roots of human medicine.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens has announced his memoir, Cat on the Road to Findout, due out on September 18 via Constable (UK) and ...

Yusuf/Cat Stevens has announced his long-awaited memoir, Cat On The Road To Findout. Coming later this year, the new ...

That is the way of rational, “effective altruism,” of which Singer, as we know, is an intellectual founding father. Effective altruism is a philosophical movement aimed at maximizing good ...