The Self-less Gene?
The dictionary defines altruism as 'an unselfish concern for the welfare of others.' That's the kind of behavior that rescue workers showed in the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center, and many of those rescuers sacrificed their lives so that the lives of…
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