Altruism values for treatments of rare, severe pediatric diseases have not been estimated. This study found the altruism value for a hypothetical new Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment to be $80 ...

Bestselling author Erika Swyler discusses how allegory is "a vital form for political critique, an elegant genre in its own ...

It is an act that qualifies as "extraordinary altruism," says Abigail Marsh, who studies altruism as a neuroscientist at Georgetown University. Bruens, it turned out, was a perfect match for the ...

Entrepreneur Jeff Atwood sees the staggering wealth inequality in the U.S. today as unfair, astonishing, and un-American.

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Grist examines an Indonesian staple, oncom, that's shaking up the restaurant scene—and may just end up preventing a big ...

The snowstorm of Jan. 17, 1994, is remembered in Louisville now for many reasons. What began as a prediction for a few inches ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...

Another troubling year for Guyanese has come to the end. Yet again, we’ve seen a year filled with deadly road accidents, unnecessary murders, and extremely high increases in cost of living and ...