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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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New Study: 1 in 4 New HIV Infections in Ontario Affect Women

The researchers say 93 per cent of new infections among women are acquired through sexual transmission and seven per cent through injection drug use. About 60…

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Radiology benefit managers adversely affect referring physicians, study suggests

RBMs are widely used by private payers to manage the utilization of imaging services through prior authorization, and they have been proposed for use in the…

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Low-Carb Diets Safe for Obese Weight Loss, Study Finds

“Overweight and obese people appear to really have options when choosing a weight-loss program, including a low-carb diet, and even if it means eating more…

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Why childhood obesity? It's so much more than what kids eat

“Our Strong Kids team members are looking at such diverse factors as genetic predisposition, the effect of breastfeeding, how much TV a child watches, and the…

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Bullying Linked to Sleep Issues in Children, Study Finds

Children who are bullies or have conduct problems at school are more likely to be sleepy during the day according to University of Michigan Medical School…

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California Teens Skip School PE: A Growing Concern

Research has shown that a lack of physical activity is associated with obesity, diabetes and other chronic conditions, while regular physical activity is…

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Storing seeds for a rainy day — or in this case, a fire

As mountain pine beetles march across the forests of western North America, these insects may kill millions of pine trees during a single outbreak. A rise in…

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Blueberry's effects on cholesterol examined in lab animal study

Yokoyama pointed out that further research is needed to confirm whether the effects observed in hamsters hold true for humans. He works at the Western Regional…

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Bilingualism no big deal for brain

That’s what science has wondered about for decades, offering complicated theories on how the brain processes more than one language and sometimes theorizing…

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Carnegie Mellon Unveils Brain’s Face Processing Secrets

Each time you see a person that you know, your brain rapidly and seemingly effortlessly recognizes that person by his or her face.Until now, scientists…

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Cell Phones of Hospital Patients Carry Dangerous Bacteria

A team of researchers from the Department of Medical Microbiology at Inonu University in Malatya, Turkey collected swab samples from three parts of cell…

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Engineers Look to the Birds for the Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UAVs are often used for surveillance of a fixed target in military and civilian applications. In order to observe a stationary target, a fixed wing UAV must…

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'E-waste pollution' a threat to human health, new research suggests

In a study published today, Tuesday 31 May, in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, researchers took air samples from one of the largest…

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Unlocking Performance: Minimalist Warm-Up Techniques Explored

University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Elias Tomaras says the idea came to him while watching track and field sprinters warm-up for a race….

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Study finds local temperature influences belief in global warming

A study by Columbia Business School Professor Eric Johnson, co-director of the Center for Decision Sciences (http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/decisionsciences) at…

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Unlocking the Puzzle: Diagnosing Different Types of Dementia

“It is true that we know of around 70 different types of dementia, but these findings are shocking. We believed more patients were diagnosed correctly when we…

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