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Empathy is a complex skill to learn and put into practice. We talked with middle schoolers about what it means to them.

A new book explores the science of personality change and how to go about it, if you want to improve your life.

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Every year, the World Happiness Report ranks 146 countries around the globe by their average level of happiness. Scandinavian countries usually top the list, the U.S. falls someplace in the mid-teens, ...

Does your organization foster compassion or callousness? While we often think about compassion as an individual quality, the organizations where we spend our time—such as workplaces, schools, places ...