Trust, which is rooted in evolution, enables cooperation, social stability, and progress. Building trust through honesty, reliability, and empathy nurtures better relationships.

A measure in New York state offers tax credits to living organ donors. That's reignited one of medicine’s most contentious ethical debates: Should we legalize the sale of human organs?

Nominations are being sought for the Jennifer Larson Healthcare Hero Award, which honors individuals in Stanislaus and Merced ...

Science uncovers a surprising link between altruism and longevity.

Over the past quarter century, few countries have commanded as much sustained attention from U.S. foreign policy officials as ...

Schadenfreude is a survival emotion that activates pleasure circuits and decreases pain. So does altruism, if you make it ...

We conducted a large-scale field experiment in Granada, Spain, to assess the motivating effect on blood donation of matching each attempt to donate with a charitable contribution pledge for children ...

This paper explores the specific criticism of directed altruistic living organ donation that it creates a ‘beauty contest’ between potential recipients of organs. The notion of the beauty contest in ...

Tibetan Spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday, July 6 and is celebrating his birthday amidst warmth, reverence ...

In some ways, aging is like baseball. That is, as each inning has the same three outs and each trip around the sun always takes 365 days, over time, the compounding importance of end-of-game outs and ...

Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species ...