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…
Male partners do little to make up the deficit: Employed fathers devote just 13 minutes daily to such activities and non-working fathers contribute 41 minutes,…
Although previous research has shown that being bilingual enhances executive functioning in middle-class children, less is known about how it affects lower…
The research will be presented on 1 September 2012 at the European Respiratory Society’s (ERS) Annual Congress in Vienna. All the abstracts from the ERS…
The study's results suggest that extra body fat causes hormonal changes and inflammation that may drive some cases of breast cancer to spread and recur despite…
The TREVO 2 clinical trial, (Thrombectomy Revascularization of Large Vessel Occlusions in Acute Ischemic Stroke) showed that the Trevo Retriever, a…
Healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables, proteins and total fats are consumed more often by the wealthy while poorer people consume more carbohydrates,…
This raises a tough question: should patients who know they are going to die soon spend a substantial amount of what little time they have left undergoing…
But what about the idea that time flies when we’re having fun? New research from psychological science suggests that the familiar adage may really be true,…
The study, conducted at the Pennsylvania State University, appears in the journal Child Development.Researchers studied whether the stereotype of teens growing…
The study, by researchers at Child Trends and the University of California (UCLA), appears in the journal Child Development.”Among families with incomes below…
The simple act of picking up a pencil requires the coordination of dozens of muscles: The eyes and head must turn toward the object as the hand reaches forward…
Working moms striving to “have it all” now can add another perk to their list of benefits — health. New research from University of Akron Assistant Sociology…
Researchers found that about 80 percent of all respondents who went through a marital separation ultimately divorced, most within three years.About five…
“Binge drinking is a symbolic proxy for high status in college,” said Carolyn L. Hsu, co-author of the study and an associate professor of sociology at Colgate…
Working-class parents, she found, coached their children on how to avoid problems, often through finding a solution on their own and by being polite and…
The finding, believed to be the first of its kind, was presented today to some 14,000 scientists and others gathered at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition…
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