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…
“We found that people's satisfaction with life was directly impacted by their daily physical activity,” said Jaclyn Maher, graduate student in kinesiology. “The findings reinforce the idea that physical activity is a health behavior with important consequences for daily well-being and should be considered when developing national policies to enhance satisfaction with life.”…
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Children with serious anger problems can be helped by a simple video game that hones their ability to regulate their emotions, finds a pilot study at Boston…
A multinational research team has discovered filamentous bacteria that function as living power cables in order to transmit electrons thousands of cell lengths…
“People in their seventies who participated in more physical exercise, including walking several times a week, had less brain shrinkage and other signs of…
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A new study shows that both length of time and percentage of overall sleep spent in different sleep stages are associated with decreased metabolic rate,…
The researchers found that although high concentrations of oil combined with dispersant are detrimental to these helpful microbial communities, the low to…
A new, comprehensive review of humans' anthropological and genetic records gives the most up-to-date story of the “Out of Africa” expansion that occurred about…
According to CU-Boulder geography Professor John O'Loughlin, the new CU-Boulder study undertaken with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder…
A provincewide survey of Grade 5 students in Alberta showed that as little as one hour of additional sleep decreased the odds of being overweight or obese by…
“Our results show that emotion and perception are not fully dissociable in the mind,” says Emory psychologist Stella Lourenco, co-author of the study. “Fear…
That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest…
This is shown in a study by Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, over a five…