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Para- guides and assistants: the unsung athletes
Para- guides and assistants: the unsung athletes

Thalita Vitoria Simplicio Da Silva competed at the Paris 23 Para Athletics World Championships with her guide-runner Felipe Veloso.

Matthias Hangst/Getty Images

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Arithmetic of Compassion TeamSeptember 11, 2024
The best Paralympics’ moments
The best Paralympics’ moments

Arjola Dedaj of Italy competes in the women's long jump T11 class while wearing a butterfly blindfold.

Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP.

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Arithmetic of Compassion TeamSeptember 9, 2024
Paralympic Games: Rethinking disability, diversity and human potential
Paralympic Games: Rethinking disability, diversity and human potential

Paralympian Bebe Vio is the Rising Phoenix. Credit: TIZIANA FABI/ AFP.

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Arithmetic of Compassion TeamSeptember 5, 2024
Climate Sabotage: A Necessary Evil or a Dangerous Tactic?
Climate Sabotage: A Necessary Evil or a Dangerous Tactic?

Activist Léna Lazare. Picture: Kiran Ridley

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Arithmetic of Compassion TeamSeptember 3, 2024
Not Playing Games: how the Paralympics Games challenge social norms
Not Playing Games: how the Paralympics Games challenge social norms

Blake Leeper. Track and field. Picture: Bob Daemmrich / Alamy Stock Photo.

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Arithmetic of Compassion TeamAugust 29, 2024
The volcano is there but you can't see it
The volcano is there but you can't see it

Students from the Landscape Design course at Cal Poly Pomona Italy.

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Prominence, Environmental Humanities, PseudoinefficacyArithmetic of Compassion TeamAugust 16, 2024
The Olympics and their impact beyond sports
The Olympics and their impact beyond sports

Athletes from Refugee Olympic Team's delegation sail on a boat along the river Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. Picture: Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images

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Prominence, Narrative EmpathyArithmetic of Compassion TeamAugust 16, 2024
The Single Vote Issue and the Prominence Effect
The Single Vote Issue and the Prominence Effect
Prominence, Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamJuly 30, 2024
Emotions and Risk Perception in "Don't Look Up"
Emotions and Risk Perception in "Don't Look Up"

DiCaprio portrays Dr Randall Mindy.

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Narrative Empathy, Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamJuly 17, 2024
Visualizing absence: Fostering compassion through photography
Visualizing absence: Fostering compassion through photography
Narrative Empathy, Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamJuly 11, 2024
Looking for new ways to see our oceans
Looking for new ways to see our oceans

Photography: Steven Kovacs

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Narrative Empathy, Environmental Humanities, Prominence, Pseudoinefficacy, Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamJuly 8, 2024
The Prominence Effect: How Our Minds Deceive Us About Important Decisions
The Prominence Effect: How Our Minds Deceive Us About Important Decisions

Rana Plaza building collapse // AFP.

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ProminenceArithmetic of Compassion TeamJuly 3, 2024Prominence Effect
Psychological Barriers and Humor
Psychological Barriers and Humor

Tuvalu’s foreign affairs Simon Kofe gives a Cop26 statement while standing in the ocean in Funafuti, Tuvalu. Photograph: Tuvalu Foreign Ministry/Reuters.

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Narrative Empathy, Prominence, Psychic Numbing, PseudoinefficacyArithmetic of Compassion TeamMay 26, 2024
The Builders' Movement: Breaking Through Political Polarization
The Builders' Movement: Breaking Through Political Polarization

Picture: The Builders Movement website.

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Narrative Empathy, Pseudoinefficacy, Psychic Numbing, ProminenceArithmetic of Compassion TeamMay 24, 2024
“Bright words:” finding common ground in environmental negotiations
“Bright words:” finding common ground in environmental negotiations

Credit: Flickr/US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region. CC0 Public Domain.

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Narrative Empathy, Environmental HumanitiesArithmetic of Compassion TeamMay 24, 2024
How Art Can Encourage Social Change
How Art Can Encourage Social Change
Narrative EmpathyArithmetic of Compassion TeamMay 17, 2024
The Zone Of Interest: “You can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your ears”
The Zone Of Interest: “You can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your ears”

The Höss family in their lovingly tended garden nextdoor to Auschwitz in The Zone of Interest.

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Narrative Empathy, Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamMay 10, 2024
How do we know what animals are really feeling?
How do we know what animals are really feeling?

Otto and Russell – Courtesy of @laerke_luna on Instagram

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Narrative Empathy, Psychic Numbing, Environmental HumanitiesArithmetic of Compassion TeamMay 10, 2024
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