If you saw someone being harassed or assaulted in a busy public place, what would you do? Psychologists have long explored that question with the bystander effect, "a phenomenon in which people fail ...

The most powerful evidence for the prosecution at the trial of Derek Chauvin was a video showing the then-Minneapolis police officer pinning a pleading George Floyd to the ground by kneeling on his ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's a question many people have asked since seeing video of a Park Ranger being attacked in Love Park over the weekend - why didn't anyone help? KYW's Dan Wing spoke with a ...

If you were walking down the street and saw a fight, would you call the cops? If someone you barely know, on Facebook, mentioned ending their life would you reach out and help? Most people probably ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- From coast to coast, Asian Americans are facing attacks like no other time in recent years. In Los Angeles alone, the LAPD is reporting a jump in anti-Asian crimes by 114% in ...

The bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation, against a bully, or during an assault or other crime. The greater the ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. It’s one of the most enduring urban myths of all: If you get in trouble, don’t count on anyone nearby to help. Research dating back to ...

The established dogma in radiation sciences that underlies radiation protection and therapeutic applications is that radiation effects require induction of DNA damage only in cells that are directly ...