Science news articles about 'selflessness'

... this can be done through conscious effort, such as meditation or prayer. People with these selfless spiritual experiences also are more psychologically healthy, especially if they have positive ...

... , this 'selfish' tendency can appear anything but selfish when the gene does move ahead for selfless and even self-sacrificing reasons. For instance, in the honey bee colony, a complex social ...

Displays of altruism or selflessness towards others can be sexually attractive in a mate. This is one of the findings of a study carried out by biologists and a psychologist at The University of ...

... . Mortality rates also were similar. "Studies of this magnitude are never possible without the selflessness of dedicated study participants. They continue to amaze us with their dedication to help ...

Each week in the space I review gadgets and electronics and tell you which ones are worth buying. Frankly, it's a selfless job where I try to put your interests above my own. But now it's my turn.

The despicable acts of Count Dracula, the unending selflessness of Dorothea in Middlemarch and Mr Darcy's personal transformation in Pride and Prejudice helped to uphold social order and encouraged ...

... "silence" transposon DNA via a phenomenon known as RNA interference. "The companion cell is thus a completely selfless, altruistic cell," says R. Keith Slotkin Ph.D., a post-doctoral researcher in ...

The emerging notion that genes can be selfless as well as selfish suggests that working for the greater good is naturalCharles Darwin's famous theory of natural selection and Richard Dawkins' focus on ...

... the students a series of questions about their willingness to serve their schools and fellow students in selfless ways: Would they tutor another student if asked? Would they help a professor with ...

... believe: If mere social hints can boost children's helpfulness in the lab, just imagine what a few small changes in kids' social environments might do to promote selflessness in the real world.