From your hopes and fears to your background, values and level of experience, there’s often more than meets the eye. Just as you might be empathetic to a friend or family member’s situation, you can ...

However, too little empathy can mean being aloof and callous; too much empathy can mean ignoring your own needs. See where you fall on this empathy scale. Using the key below, answer the questions ...

Empathy is “something you have either got, or you haven’t”. If true, these words from senior midwife and independent investigator Donna Ockenden could spell disaster for patient care. Her own landmark ...

Many have predicted that as AI improves, it will commoditize technical skills and knowledge, but accentuate the things that ...

Sundance: One of a handful of documentaries at the festival that normalizes trans and non-binary bodies' right to ...

A recent study found that children who are more empathic toward nature have more positive attitudes about behaviors that protect the environment. When we think of empathy, we tend to envision the ...

Once upon a time, there were liberal Republicans, conservative Democrats and plenty of centrists on both sides.

“I suspect that in a couple of years on almost any topic, the most interesting, maybe the most empathetic conversation you could have will be with an AI.” However, while AI models can demonstrate a ...

Studies have shown that excessive social (and traditional) media consumption can reduce empathy. It makes sense that, amid an overload of painful information, our brains fight off a constant state ...

In The Philosophy of Translation, Damion Searls investigates the essential differences—and similarities—between the task of ...