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…
Reporting in Nature, scientists from Thomas Jefferson University have determined that a single protein called FADD controls multiple cell death pathways, a…
Katarina Sjövall has studied partners of individuals with colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer or prostate cancer. The study shows that the number of…
HOBOKEN, NJ – The American Heart Association estimates 35 percent of adults in the U.S. suffer from metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors characterized…
The study, in the journal Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, is the most comprehensive review so far of the evidence linking happiness to health…
Patient safety has long been a critical concern for hospitals, in particular for those training new doctors. Since 1984, when the death of 24-year-old Libby…
Over the past decade, drug-related poisonings have been on the rise in the United States. In fact, in many states drug-related poisoning deaths have now…
The more honesty and humility an employee may have, the higher their job performance, as rated by the employees' supervisor. That's the new finding from a…
University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues in Australia and the United States, used state-of-the-art techniques to reveal the structure of…
Coordinated by Innsbruck University Botanic Garden, with support from London-based Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), INQUIRE is a practical,…
But these are exceptional cases, a research at the University of Gothenburg shows. In the vast majority of cases the winners claim to carry on living their…
It also helps IT consultants experience less stress if they are able to manage their own work and if the demands placed on them in their work are reasonable….
However, there is a vast difference between the research-based knowledge on self-esteem and the simplified popular psychology theories that are disseminated…
Emory University experts predict that rates of depressive disorders among men will increase as the 21st century progresses.In an editorial published in the…
Many longtime smokers quit spontaneously with little effort shortly before their lung cancer is diagnosed, leading some researchers to speculate that sudden…
Uterine fibroids are benign pelvic tumors that occur in as many as one in five women during their childbearing years. Although not all fibroids cause symptoms,…
Sexual excitement, hunger, thirst—psychological scientists have found that activation of just one of these bodily desires can actually make people want other,…
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