What makes a hero?
Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 15:35
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research at Newcastle University shows that it's not enough to be noble and do a courageous act to be considered a hero.Studying the reactions of the public to five tales of heroism, researchers at Newcastle University found that off-duty emergency service workers were judged more harshly than their civilian counterparts.