For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too ...

Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%. In the latest evidence that meaningful social connections bolster health, a team from The ...

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. ‍Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too narrowly — ...

As medical professionals, we are trained to assist people who are injured or in need of help. We're taught to run toward a crisis, not away from it. When someone is hurt, when someone is dying, we don ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. Would you donate a kidney to a stranger? Or put yourself at ...

Helping other people has always been framed as a moral choice, but a growing body of research suggests it might also be one of the most practical ways to keep the brain sharp with age. Instead of an ...

America’s nonprofit organizations have been built almost entirely with extras. The D.C. Central Kitchen, for example, which I founded almost 20 years ago, runs on extra food — as does an extensive ...

One powerful way to engage students is to have them build real-world products that help other people. Students in a technology class at a high school in suburban Denver are doing just that. It is ...