Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage due to vague symptoms like bloating and pelvic pain, making early ...

Taryn Cox, owner of TABS Renovation and Design, has been named the 2025 Altrusan of the Year for Altrusa International of ...

Those efforts have helped inspire the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, a worldwide network of people who have made a commitment to fight global poverty and disease. Many members of EA have pledged to ...

Simply, impactful activities are being overshadowed by the pursuit of career experiences. Our priorities are becoming entirely self-driven, and altruism is seen as secondary. While there is no ...

Their findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) point to a specific area of ...

That is the way of rational, “effective altruism,” of which Singer, as we know, is an intellectual founding father. Effective altruism is a philosophical movement aimed at maximizing good ...

That’s why, as chief joyologist at Tito’s Handmade Vodka—seriously, that’s her real job title—she strives to incorporate the principles of altruism into all aspects of the company’s ...

Marin high school graduates Azan Yousaf and Sizi Rios spent the last four years in college giving back to their communities and helping underserved residents. Now, Yousaf and Rios — both heading for ...

What is altruism? And is there a particular personality type that naturally delivers acts of kindness to others?

Scientists are searching to understand just how altruism -- the wish to perform good deeds -- affects our health, even our longevity. Acts of heroism are one form of altruism -- as we saw on 9/11 ...