Empathy

Contagious yawning, empathy may have evolved from human need to understand others

The study found that animals, humans included, can engage in acts of simulating the minds of others.

Microsoft's Skype-a-Thon will start on 13 November, 500,000 students expected

The event by Microsoft will allow students to travel virtual miles over Skype over a 48-hour period.

In death, a two-year-old girl offers a lesson in humanity

And even grief felt for the passing of a stranger can be reassuring in a curious sort of way.