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The moral question of equal empathy for strangers and family alike

Although this study suggested that people believed it more moral to have equal empathy, it left certain questions unanswered.

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Mr. Rogers’ Sound Advice on Tragedy

Your friendly neighbor helps find a light in the darkness.

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After Giving Hundreds of Kiva Loans, I Learned the Five Most Important Words of My Life

I learned the five most important words of my life in Beirut.   I was working on my book about microfinance, The First International Bank of...

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Video Chaos: A Sequence of Lines Traced by 500 Individuals

One person draws a straight line; 500 people trace it. Each new effort adds imperfection, and the results are total chaos.

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Ten Questions Science Must Answer, from the Royal Society

On its 350th anniversary, the Royal Society invites 10 big thinkers to isolate the most pressing questions of our time.