The Shape of the World

The Warm Glow of Helping (Update)

December 18, 2025·30 min
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As a child, Peggy Mason was a biology prodigy. Today, as a neurobiologist, Peggy is still working with mammals, but instead of preserving their skins, she’s studying whether they experience empathy and act to help one another...

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