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Altruism
Neuroscience suggests that it's way better to give than to receive — and high performing people agree.
Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
Being a jerk gets you rich, promoted, and laid (if you're a man). But there is a downside.
From grave robbing to giving your own body to science.
How can you fit a camel through a needle?
Your five-year-old can probably spot a cop-out.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
Success is about give and take — with a little more give.
5mins
Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky on the science of temptation, and the limitations of your brain’s frontal cortex.
Some effective altruists “earn to give” — they make as much money as they can and then donate most of it to charities.
6mins
In 1965, six boys were stranded on an island. Fifteen months later, the survivors were rescued. How many were there?
John Templeton Foundation
8mins
He lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.
Environmental activists want us to feel "flight shame" if we can take a train, instead. But this isn't entirely realistic, even in Europe.
We got lucky with our evolutionary history.
We're overthinking being nice.
One study estimated that 80% of people include “deviations” from the truth in their online profiles.
For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.
Is there such a thing as a heroic personality type?
Near death experiences change people’s lives - and not always for the better.
We all know assholes. Perhaps, you are one. Now, psychologists are trying to answer one of life's biggest mysteries: What, exactly, makes someone an asshole?
Dr. Amrisha Vaish explains the science of remorse, guilt, and an effective apology.
Chimpanzees are able to consider the context of social interactions and can accept unfavorable outcomes — sometimes.
Modern applications of Stoicism show up in unexpected places, from the latest techniques in psychotherapy to texts on Christian theology.
Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.
For such a near-universal concept, the definition of "heroism" is difficult to pin down.