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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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Ecotourism’s Impact on Rural and Cultural Heritage in Thailand

Results of the research, which has been conducted through case studies in Thailand by using interviews, focus groups and questionnaires, will be presented to…

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Chinese Red Yeast Rice: Heart Health Benefits Revealed

A clinical study on patients who have suffered a heart attack found that a partially purified extract of Chinese red yeast rice, Xuezhikang (XZK), reduced the…

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Domoic Acid Linked to Seizures in California Sea Lions

Scientists, reporting in the current issue of the online journal Marine Drugs, state that an increase of epileptic seizures and behavioral abnormalities in…

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Climate change hastens extinction in Madagascar's reptiles and amphibians

New research from the American Museum of Natural History provides the first detailed study showing that global warming forces species to move up tropical…

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Language Barriers in Pre-Natal Testing for Bangladeshi Families

A recent study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), investigated how Britain’s Bangladeshi community understand the disorders, and make…

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Diet prior to pregnancy determines sheep’s gender

This study was carried out by a team of researchers from the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri and led by R Michael Roberts. Roberts…

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U of I Study Reveals Bone-Safe Weight Loss Methods

The research, which compared the results of a high-protein, dairy-intensive diet with a conventional weight-loss diet based on the food-guide pyramid, was…

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Boost Self-Esteem: The Positive Impact of Celebrity Admiration

For many people, the admiration of celebrities can have some important benefits. Jaye L. Derrick and Shira Gabriel of the University at Buffalo, State…

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Qatar Boosts Research Fund 80% – seeks international partners

The aim is to build human capital for Qatar. Additionally, it is hoped that the research will result in the creation of intellectual property rights and the…

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Livestock and Oil Palm Integration Boosts Sarawak’s Agriculture

Sarawak, which is free from the incidence of foot and mouth diseases, is embarking in livestock-oil palm integration as a strategy to increase local livestock…

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Improper Positions: Key Factor in Scaffolding and Ladder Falls

One of the authors of the study, Teresa Rivas, from the Mining Engineering School at this university explained to SINC that job duration is also related to…

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Latin American Women in Spain Face Higher Health Risks

An increase in migration has changed Spain’s demographic profile in recent years, enabling researchers to study the micro-adaptive transition of immigrant…

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European Scientists Struggle With Work-Life Balance for Women

In a new work financed by the European Commission, the data obtained confirms Spanish figures given in the latest Woman and Science report and shows that over…

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Amphetamine Abuse Linked to Heart Attacks in Young Adults

In the study, available online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, researchers examined data from more than 3 million people between 18 and 44 years…

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Optimizing Study Design for Nested Data Structures

In the design phase of an intervention study, the first issue to be decided is how to assign people to different experimental groups. There are two groups in…

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Research Study to Measure “How Much Information?” Is in the World

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, today announced a new study to quantify the amounts and kinds of information being produced worldwide…

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