Altruism is defined as the unselfish concern for other people—doing things simply out of a desire to help, not because you ...

Our behavior seems to be built by evolution, and it's sometimes paradoxical. To borrow from the hard sciences, our behavior exhibits complementarity. We are largely felicitous to our family and ...

True altruism is rare behavior in animals, but a new study by Penn State researchers has found that honey bees display this trait. Additionally, they found that an evolutionary battle of genetics may ...

Though we don’t live in zoos, we often behave like animals. So many of our instincts are derived from our animal counterparts. Take the various forms of altruism as an example. In the animal kingdom, ...

Despite perceptions to the country, we as a society are becoming kinder and less selfish If you look at people's actual behavior over time, most of the evidence suggests that we’re becoming more ...

Increasing awareness of patients with cancer faced with the choice of whether to participate in a phase I clinical trial. Safety and efficacy of low-dose pegfilgrastim (pegfil) in maintaining ...