While critics argue that empathy can be limiting, new research finds that empathy and reasoning work together to drive people ...

The idea that helping others is a good thing and we should do more of it may seem simple and obvious, but sometimes we need a ...

NEW YORK — Lauren Click founded a nonprofit a few years ago offering free composting education to schools around the country. Today, 112 schools participate, yet she can’t get her boyfriend to ...

This post was written by Kübra Fethiye Karataş, MSc, with edits from Jo Cutler, Ph.D. Many of the ways we help require effort Source: Blue Bird / Pexels At the heart of motivation is a simple question ...

In this study, researcher Rose Donohue of Washington University, St. Louis, and her colleagues studied the behavior of a group of diverse 11- to 20-month-old babies (more than half were Black and ...

Statistics show that national rates of bullying decreased between 2005 and 2015, though percentages remain relatively unchanged since 2013. Despite this downward trend, however, it comes as no ...

When we feel lost or uncertain about our direction in life, our natural instinct is often to retreat inward, searching for answers within ourselves. But after decades of experience in business and ...

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As part of our series on community and service, called Here to Help, Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the benefits of volunteering. Time for our series Here ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For many teens, doing service is just another line to add to the college resume. But at Saint Joseph Hill Academy High School, a Catholic all-girls school in Arrochar, service ...