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Shared Genetic Mechanisms Link Social Behavior in Bees and Humans

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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Soy May Reduce Hot Flashes in Menopause, Study Reveals

The findings, published in Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Association, reviewed 19 previous studies that examined more than 1,200…

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Single Baby Boomers: Navigating Aging Challenges Today

However, a new special issue of The Gerontologist showing the Ercolines as they look today — a portrait of successful aging — finds that their unmarried baby…

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Study Shows Catalyst Plants Use to Create Oxygen

If mimicked by artificial systems, this photocatalytic process could provide abundant new supplies of oxygen and, possibly hydrogen, as a by-product of…

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Bioenergy Expansion: Impacts on Wildlife and Skylark Habitats

“The Skylark is an indicator species for agricultural areas because it occupies many habitats of the wider countryside around the globe, breeds on the ground…

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Study Finds Long Commercials Boost Emotional Engagement

Through a psycho-physiological study developed jointly by El Bureau de la Comunicación, the Tecnalia Centre for Applied Research, and the UPV/EHU, it has been…

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Women's nutritional habits better for the environment

Based on representative food consumption and production data, they compared the environmental impacts of various eating styles. They took results from the last…

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Researchers Challenge Link Between Video Games and Aggression

A group of researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, are now questioning the entire basis of the discussion. In a recently published article, they…

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Sweden’s largest Facebook study: a survey of 1000 Swedish Facebook users

Low educated groups and low income groups who spend more time on Facebook also report feeling less happy and less content with their lives. This relationship…

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Pesticides Induce Shape Changes in Vertebrates, Study Finds

The world’s most popular weed killer, Roundup®, can cause amphibians to change shape, according to research published today in Ecological Applications. Rick…

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Cardiovascular Risks for Relatives of Cancer Patients

We know that the relatives of chronically ill patients, especially cancer patients, have an increased risk of mental illness and depression. Previous studies…

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English Dulls Teen Motivation to Learn New Languages

A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that one factor behind this trend may be that English is used as a resource when…

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TGen Unveils Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Genome Study

Because cases of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) are so genetically different, whole-genome sequencing is needed to detect the subtle molecular…

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Mayo Clinic Reports Alarming Rise in Skin Cancer Among Young Adults

Even as the rates of some cancers are falling, Mayo Clinic is seeing an alarming trend: the dramatic rise of skin cancer, especially among people under 40….

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Middle-of-the-night PCIs do not adversely affect success of next-day procedures

A single-center study found that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures performed during the middle of the night do not adversely affect the…

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CDC Study Links Depression to Sleep Apnea Risks

Obstructive sleep apnea and other symptoms of OSA are associated with probable major depression, regardless of factors like weight, age, sex or race, according…

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ADHD Over-Diagnosis: New Research Insights from RUB

What experts and the public have already long suspected is now supported by representative data collected by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and…

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