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…
Klas-Göran Sahlen, from Umeå University in Sweden and colleagues from Umeå University and the National Board of Health and Welfare in Stockholm, Sweden,…
Researchers drew this conclusion after studying more than 600 bones from modern-day monkeys. They had collected the bones from beneath the nests of African…
As a result, past interpretations of satellite chlorophyll data may be inaccurate, the researchers say, and the tropical Pacific Ocean may photosynthesize 1-2…
How are you? In biological terms this question could involve a feedback loop that lets the body check in on itself and then act on that information. Although…
As more men discover their lack of marriage prospects, this could lead to antisocial behaviour, violence and possibly more opportunities for organised crime…
Unfortunately, the goals of too many teens now outpace what they are likely to achieve, a problem that can lead to wasted time and resources, not to mention…
The first Policy Brief “Poverty of elderly People in EU25″, by Asghar Zaidi, arises out of our work for the European Commission under the Community Action…
In a survey of 1,337 individuals, Dr Tina Harrison and Kathryn Waite have found that less than a quarter of self-employed individuals know that their pension…
A report from the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) says that an education campaign following the 1996 outbreak raised the profile of food…
A study in the August issue of The Journal of Pediatrics shows that students displaying violent behaviors often have untreated learning disorders and…
Dr Nicholas Graves, from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, said the true cost of surgical infections post hospital discharge was just $74 -…
It used to be thought that it would be physiologically impossible to climb Mount Everest with or without oxygen. In 1953 Hillary and Tenzing proved that it was…
“Our finding is a complete surprise. We were studying transplant tolerance and what's required to protect a graft from rejection,” says Randolph Noelle,…
This unique ability of animals to combine sensory information is something that machines could do well to emulate. Earlier this week the Department of…
Having a stroke is bad enough. But having another one after surviving the first one is especially bad, more than doubling a person's risk of dying in the next…
“This is a big step forward in the quest to understand why there is so much biodiversity in the tropics,” said Weiblen, principal investigator and senior…
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