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Mar 2022
56m 29s

The Anatomy of Kindness Results

Bbc Radio 4
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<p>Claudia Hammond and guests announce the results of the biggest ever public science project on Kindness. With over sixty thousand participants from across the world this unique work helps to fill some of the research gaps and learn more about how kindness is viewed within society at large. Led by a team of researchers based at the University of Sussex, in ... Show More
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