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…
Technologists often focus on the happier among these newfound capabilities, but new research by an interdisciplinary team of scientists at Brown University…
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A study by sociologists from Indiana University and Cornell University finds that the growing trend of overworking — working 50 hours a week or more — is…
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But how do unemployed men cope with their shifting domestic roles, especially when they become financially dependent on a wife or female partner? One…
A new University of Missouri study finds that boys feel that discussing problems is a waste of time.“For years, popular psychologists have insisted that boys…
Among those at the highest risk for not completing treatment are adolescents – as opposed to younger children – and minority youths, particularly African…
Known as COMACO (Community Markets for Conservation), the program began in Zambia in 2003 and has resulted in wildlife populations stabilizing and rebounding…
Communities with greater levels of disorganization, marked by higher percentages of people living in poverty and in women-headed households with children and…
The findings, which will be published online Aug. 22 in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society,…
But when it comes to large weight gains, the effects of marital transitions are quite different for men than they are for women.For men, the risk of a large…
Since rates were first measured in 1987, more women got a mammogram each year than in the year before — that is, until 2005. That year saw the first-ever drop…
“The current 'Great Recession' in Europe and America has had particularly severe consequences for young workers,” said University of Minnesota sociology…
“There is debate over how to best treat people with asymptomatic carotid stenosis. A procedure called carotid endarterectomy can reduce the risk of stroke, but…
The goal is to understand which tumors will be difficult to treat and to find out why certain cancer drugs lose their effect after a period of use. The study…
This week, a groundbreaking new study called the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study gets off the ground. A collaboration between 5…
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