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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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Supporting ADHD Children: New Insights on Inattention

New research from the University of Montreal shows that inattention, rather than hyperactivity, is the most important indicator when it comes to finishing a…

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NASA-Funded Study Refutes Alarmist Claims Of Drought Driven Declines In Plant Productivity And Risks To Global Food Security

Those earlier findings published by Zhao and Running in the August 2010 issue of Science (Vol. 329, p. 940) also warned of potentially serious consequences for…

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Clinical Study Shows Young Brains Lack the Wisdom of Their Elders

“The older brain has experience and knows that nothing is gained by jumping the gun. It was already known that aging is not necessarily associated with a…

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Obesity Surge: 65 Million More Adults in US by 2030

The rising prevalence of obesity around the globe places an increasing burden on the health of populations, on healthcare systems and on overall economies. A…

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Enhancing Robot Movement Control Through Gymnastics Techniques

The objective of the research is to improve the control of robot movements with the help of new mathematical approaches. For this purpose, the primary focus…

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The malaria mosquito is disappearing — but it is not just good news

A Danish-Tanzanian research group has discovered that the mosquito carrying the malaria parasite has practically disappeared from villages without organized…

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Test May Help Identify People at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Before Symptoms Appear

The study of 311 people in their 70s and 80s with no cognitive problems, from the population-based Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, used an advanced brain imaging…

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New Study Explores Memory Connections in Psychological Science

In a new study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, the authors pinpoint the…

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Sexual satisfaction tied to overall 'successful aging' as reported by women age 60 to 89

The report, published online in the August edition of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society, also shows that self-rated successful aging, quality of…

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Stroke Impacts Learning in Remote Brain Areas: New Therapy Success

In a new study, researchers from the Bernstein Network and the Universities of Göttingen and Jena now show that a stroke even affects the learning ability of…

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72% of Job Losses Lead to Skipped Health Care Needs

Nearly three-quarters (72%) of people who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs over the last two years said that they skipped needed health…

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Extreme Morning Sickness Linked to Kids’ Emotional Disorders

A joint study by UCLA and the University of Southern California has found that children whose mothers suffered from HG while carrying them were 3.6 times more…

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Inactivity Linked to Type 2 Diabetes Risk in New MU Study

79 million American adults have prediabetes and will likely develop diabetes later in life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the…

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Taxpayer Film Subsidies Linked to Increased Youth Smoking

According to a survey published in PLoS Medicine, those subsidies, along with government inaction on stricter ratings for movies that depict smoking, also…

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How Visual Annual Reports Boost Company Valuation

As firms begin the 2011 annual report process, which many do at this time of year, they may want to pay closer attention to the way those reports look. A…

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Decision making changes with age — and age helps!

So, rather than testing the ability to make decisions one at a time without regard to past or future, as earlier research did, these psychologists designed a…

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