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…
Providing further understanding of the link between low birth weights and obesity later in life, researchers found nutritionally deprived newborns are…
Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers have discovered that most children with severe cerebral palsy have starkly asymmetric pelvic bones. The newly…
The research project led by The University of Nottingham and The Open University has shown that school children who took the lead in investigating science…
The more children young parents have, the unhappier they are. From age 40 on, however, it is the other way round. Then, more children generally mean more…
The research, by Joseph P. Santamaria and David A. Rosenbaum of Pennsylvania State University, is the first to combine two fields of study ordinarily…
In a preliminary study, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that they can program a robot to understand when it gains a human’s…
Children in classrooms with inadequate material resources and children whose teachers feel they are not respected by colleagues exhibit more mental health…
The study uses data from two nationally representative surveys (see info below) to compare the health of residents of the United States and England from 0 to…
Using data from a national survey of American workers, University of Toronto researchers asked study participants how often they were contacted outside the…
In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month during March, GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has published a special issue for March on…
According to a University of Michigan study published in the forthcoming issue of Public Opinion Quarterly, more people believe in “climate change” than in…
“Young children, especially boys, may need their parents' help working through angry or fearful emotions. If you punish toddlers for their anger and…
Research suggests that intelligence in humans is controlled by the part of the brain known as the 'cortex', and most theories of age-related cognitive decline…
Lena Sjöberg, a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg and lecturer at University West in Trollhättan, has critically reviewed various types of policy…
Published in the online version of the journal Obesity Reviews, the study was part of a European project, the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance…
The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after…
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