The 'Three happy boys' picture (c. 1889)

Empathy is the ability to share another person's emotions after having reached a good understanding of their suffering. There are three main types of empathy:

• Cognitive empathy, which is defined as the ability to understand and to share someone else'...

Around 718 sushi had finally reached Japan, after having been discovered and consumed in Thailand and Vietnam for quite a while. While glorified for its taste, it was found unworthy because of its smell.

Actually it was the Muromachi period, between 1338 and 1573, that made sushi lose it...

• The word is an Old English word that meant swift or active.
• By the 15th century, the word had emerged many different meanings ranging from being handsome to someone who is skillful. Expressions such as "tall of hand" and "tall of tongue" also arose which meant that this person was ...