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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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£5 Million Grant Fuels Research on Population Change

Professor Jane Falkingham from Southampton will direct the new Centre which is expected to start work in October 2008. Nine extra members of staff at the…

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MIT Study Confirms Improved Hurricane Prediction Accuracy

Hurricanes in some areas, including the North Atlantic, are likely to become more intense as a result of global warming even though the number of such storms…

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Antioxidant users don't live longer, analysis of studies concludes

The reviewers want more regulation of the nutraceuticals industry, but an antioxidant researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that call for…

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Atrazine Exposure Harms Tadpole Development: New Study Insights

Tadpoles develop deformed hearts and impaired kidneys and digestive systems when exposed to the widely used herbicide atrazine in their early stages of life,…

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Study Reveals Fragmentation of TV News Audiences by Partisanship

“Ideology and partisanship used to be completely unrelated to the television news people consumed,” said study author Barry Hollander, associate professor of…

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Older people are nation's happiest

Americans grow happier as they grow older, according to a University of Chicago study that is one of the most thorough examinations of happiness ever done in…

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Fishing Throws Targeted Species Off Balance, Study Reveals

Research led at Scripps with a distinguished team of government and international experts (including two chief scientific advisors to the United Kingdom)…

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New research provides insight into children’s views on ageing

The researchers at Queen’s Institute of Child Care Research hope their review will influence a change in the policies and practices that contribute to the…

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Exploring TextImi: Insights into Internet User Emotions

Development of TextImi, a Text Semantic Space Analysis System:- Thoughts and feelings of those who read from the Internet -FUKAYA, Masahiro. ProfessorFaculty…

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Getting a good night’s sleep is the biggest problem for women entering the menopause

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, USA, spoke to 110 women entering the menopause – when periods can become lighter or heavier and…

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New Study: Aromatase Inhibitors Safe for Heart Health

In a study presented today (Thursday) at the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6) in Berlin, the researcher, Dr Alain Monnier, said that this was…

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Intelligence Linked to Rhythmic Accuracy, Study Finds

Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University have now demonstrated a correlation between general intelligence and the…

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Medication Boosts Driving Skills in ADHD Patients

People with ADHD are often prescribed methylphenidate (brand name Ritalin) to counteract hyperactive behavior and attention dysfunction that may negatively…

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New Research on Menstrual Disorders in Elite Athletes

However, a new doctoral thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet overturns old ideas that elite sport can damage the health. Many elite…

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UAB Study: Triphendiol Drug May Combat Biliary Cancers

Laboratory studies by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have shown that the drug triphendiol (NV-196) causes cell death in pancreatic and…

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Creatinine Rise in Elderly Linked to Renal Disease Risk

Even small increases in serum creatinine levels during hospitalization raise the risk of end stage renal disease and mortality of elderly patients over the…

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