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In recent years, Singer has taken his case—and his discomforting questions—directly to the public. Those efforts have helped inspire the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, a worldwide network of people ...

On March 4, a spirited gathering filled Greenberg Lounge for NYU’s Scholarship Reception, which allows current students to ...

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Children who consumed the least amounts of seafood at 7-years-old were likely to be less 'prosocial' at ages 7 and 9 years than those who regularly consumed seafood, according to a new study.

When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn’t expect to discover an entirely new social behaviour rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to ...

For the first 20 questions, please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each statement. The last five questions are about you, and they'll be used by our research team to better understand how ...