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…
The research appears today in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.Karin Humphreys, assistant professor in McMaster University’s Faculty of…
The largest survey ever of American physicians’ opinions on health-care financing has found that 59 percent of doctors support government legislation to…
The study found a new drug telmisartan is as effective as the popular drug ramipril in reducing cardiovascular death in high risk patients and it has fewer…
Researchers at the NIPH’s Medical Birth Registry and the University of Bergen have collected data on all first-time births from 1967-1996 and subsequent births…
The study, conducted by Jules Angst, MD, of Zurich University Psychiatric Hospital in Switzerland, focused on 591 young adults, whose psychiatric, physical,…
Preliminary results of the study will be presented at the 2008 Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) Annual Scientific Meeting held March 26-29 in San…
Frustrated by tape that won't peel off the roll in a straight line? Angry at wallpaper that refuses to tear neatly off the wall?A new study reveals why these…
Many parents are convinced that the brains of their teenage offspring are different than those of children and adults. New data confirms that this is the case….
Something bad has to happen. Then the nose becomes a very quick learner.New research from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine shows a single…
“More informed respondents both feel less personally responsible for global warming, and also show less concern for global warming,” states the article, titled…
Most (61%) ‘first time’ users did not fill another prescription in the next two years while 22% did so sporadically.The research will be presented at the…
By analyzing the fundamental equations of body weight change, NIH investigators Carson Chow and Kevin Hall find that identical twins with identical lifestyles…
According to a study in China & World Economy published by Wiley-Blackwell, there are growing concerns over a possible ‘hard-landing’ for the Chinese economy…
The researchers report in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (now accessible online) that an increase in climate anomalies like El Nino could…
It's not necessarily because they're spoiled, lazy or over scheduled. According to a University of Michigan researcher, concerns about safety are the main…
The research, presented later this month at the conference of the British Sociological Association, is based upon a survey in which families were asked to map…
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