Key points Awe can be understood as a complex adaptive emotion arising from a combination of fear and wonder. Experiencing awe promotes ethical concern, open-mindedness, prosociality, and generosity.

HAVE you ever been stopped in your tracks by a stunning view, or gobsmacked by the vastness of the night sky? Have you been transported by soaring music, a grand scientific theory or a charismatic ...

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very ...