September 16, 2025 — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USANew research published in PLOS Biology reveals that several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes previously linked to social behavior in humans. According to Ian Traniello and colleagues, these findings point to ancient molecular roots of social behavior that have been conserved across species. Understanding Individual Differences in Sociability In social species, individuals display varying levels of sociability — some are highly connected and…
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“What is apparent from these results is that bullying victimization that occurs early in life may have significant and substantial consequences for those…
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A new study out of the University of Cincinnati finds that both school bullies and their victims are likely to abuse alcohol after a bullying episode. Keith…
A new study now finds that the structure of North American ecosystems made the extinction worse than it might have been. Researchers at the University of…
The evolutionary origins of vision remain hotly debated, partly due to inconsistent reports of phylogenetic relationships among the earliest opsin-possessing…
Ylva Sommerland, from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has studied the tomboy in manga, a girl manoeuvring in masculine situations. The study concerns…
The study of 5,671 Brazilian children ages five to 12 found that those with migraine were 30 percent more likely to have below average school performance than…
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“Our findings present a need for broadening local food opportunities beyond the privileged, higher-income consumer, through alternative payment plans and…
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Scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have identified grid cells, neurons that fire in repeating triangular patterns as the…
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Robots have the potential to help older adults with daily activities that can become more challenging with age. But are people willing to use and accept the…
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