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…
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that certain symptoms of conduct disorder indicate problems are likely to continue…
The study is based on an analysis of tax returns for nearly all children born in the United States from 1981 to 1984. It compared children from similar…
“Depressive symptoms are known to reduce physical, mental and social abilities, and increase the risk of disability and premature death,” observed Michèle…
Mozart, Bach and Beethoven are all supposed to have had it: “absolute pitch” – the ability to identify and categorize a note without having to rely on any…
Overweight is associated with problems in sugar and lipid metabolism as well as with atherosclerosis, and these may be caused by a low-grade inflammatory state…
By 2050, a majority of U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding each year due to dramatically accelerating impacts from…
Bell’s palsy affects between 11 and 40 per 100,000 people each year. Most people with Bell’s palsy recover completely. Headaches are the most common disorder…
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“The popular view until now has been that the extraordinary diversity of birds began during the dinosaur age but we found little support for this,” said…
Researchers in Montréal led by Jacques Drouin, D.Sc., uncovered a mechanism regulating dopamine levels in the brain by working on a mouse model of late onset…
An interdisciplinary team of neuroscientists and neurosurgeons from the University of Rochester has used a new imaging technique to show how the human brain…
The study suggests that attacking those subsets with targeted drugs may degrade the disease's ability to spread throughout the bone marrow of affected…
‘Tis the season to indulge. However, restraint may be best according to a new study led by investigators at the Research Institute of the McGill University…
The research team, led by Thomas M. Kristie, PhD, Chief of the Molecular Genetics Section in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases'…
An adaptable strategy that intelligently and flexibly combines positive and negative incentives turns out to be the optimal approach for institutions to…
“Chest X-rays can be a valuable exam when ordered for the correct indications,” said Ann Packard, M.D., radiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn….
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