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…
Presentations and debates on the leading scientific questions of the day, from research into stem cells to the challenge of climate change, are planned for the…
482 women who had attended maternity units in Birmingham, UK, took part in a self-administered questionnaire at least a year after their most recent birth.“87…
The thinning of Earth’s “sunscreen” of aerosols since the early 1990s could have given an extra push to the rise in global surface temperatures. The finding,…
“Migraines and tension-type headaches are much more common in people’s forties, when they are often at their most productive, so the socio-economic…
The new finding, published this week in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, is the first confirmation of what has been a long-held…
The report is based on two studies, one that surveyed people’s understanding of road rules and a clandestine filed study of pedestrian behaviour.In the survey…
This finding, plus the fact that both types of stimuli produce reaction in olfactory nerve cells, which control how our brain perceives what we smell, explains…
The study which the University has announced during Obesity Awareness Week, and will be conducted over a three-year period, will survey GPs and practice nurses…
Scientists have known for years that the energy cost of walking and running is related primarily to the work done by muscles to lift and move the limbs. But…
It is known that women with PCOS have a 3-fold increase in their risk of developing type-2 diabetes, where the body does not produce enough insulin or cannot…
Until recently, most research focused on why people leave jobs rather than why they choose to stay. In a review of the past 15 years of research on employee…
The study, which will appear in the April issue of Nature Neuroscience, is the first to provide concrete evidence that playing a musical instrument…
“The state is dead. Long live the state.” This saying, which was used in the past to refer to the continuity of monarchies, has not lost any of its relevance…
The study, conducted by Professor Mark van Vugt, Charlie Hardy, Julie Stow and Professor Robin Dunbar (University of Liverpool), was designed to examine if…
The study was intended to simulate the everyday experience of people who rely on cochlear implants, a surgically-implanted electronic device that can help…
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has confirmed that the imaging agent Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) binds to the protein in…
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