People were ordered to evacuate from a high-rise building in Clearwater, Florida, after construction workers found a large crack in a pillar underneath the building. CBS News national correspondent ...

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

In the last few years, researchers have looked at the so-called helper's high and its effects on the human body. Scientists are searching to understand just how altruism -- the wish to perform ...

There has been an appealing suggestion that the roots of human altruism extend down at least as far as our common ancestor with chimpanzees. However, the results of this study challenges that view.

Effective altruism is a philosophical movement aimed ... Speedy, space-bound advances are characteristic of its outputs. But on the human side, it is inherently a long game.

Altruism among strangers ... Fight or flight refers to the human body’s built-in response to a perceived threat: It prepares the body to either face danger or quickly run from it.