kindness

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One year. Fifty-two emails. One important lesson.

Your body doesn’t stay neutral when you’re kind. Research has shown that kindness impacts circulating immune cells in ways that reduce inflammation and bolster natural antiviral activity.

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What your feed is feeding you

Does whether a person consumes positive or negative content affect whether they will help someone in need? That question was explored in a fascinating experiment.

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4 Surprising Science-Backed Ways to Slow Ageing

These are surprising in the sense that they’re not the usual things we tend to associate with slowing ageing, like eating well and getting exercise.

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How Kindness is Contagious

Research shows that kindness is contagious. It spreads through social networks, creating ripple effects that can travel outwards to three degrees of separation.

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