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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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Dividing your holidays into several periods instead of taking the full period in one go can help prevent post-holiday syndrome

Experts estimate that 35 per cent of Spanish workers between the ages of 25 and 40 will have to face the “post-holiday syndrome”: a general feeling of…

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Challenges of Airline Passenger Profiling in the UK

As airline passenger profiling is introduced to the UK under a mist of speculation, panic and alleged discrimination, forensic psychologist Dr Jeremy Quayle…

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Researchers from the UGR have designed a new test to detect language comprehension impairments in children.

Language disorders in children are the main objective of study of the research group called “Experimental and Applied Speech Therapy” headed by Elvira Mendoza…

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Teen Girls’ Self-Harm Rates: Insights from Recent Study

In a survey of more than 6,000 15 and 16-year-old school pupils, researchers found that girls are four times more likely to have engaged in deliberate…

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Liver-Kidney Transplant: Enhancing Recovery and Reducing Rejection

New UCLA research shows that combined liver-kidney transplants appear to benefit patients with diseases in both organs, including patients with potentially…

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First study to show how immune cells 'speak' to each other in vivo

WHAT: Researchers at the Board of Governors' Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have confirmed the existence of anatomical…

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How Alcohol Affects Sleep Intensity in Young Women

While numerous studies have linked alcohol abuse to sleep disruption, especially in males, there has been little research on alcohol and its effects on sleep…

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Shame and War Trauma: Insights from Finnish Soldiers’ Stories

After the Second World War, Finnish psychiatrists felt that soldiers had readapted to civilian society very well. The reason was not that Finnish soldiers were…

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Constant lighting may disrupt development of preemie’s biological clocks

That is the suggestion of a new study reported in the Aug. 21 issue of the journal Pediatric Research. The study, which was headed by Douglas McMahon,…

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Dogs Exhibit Jealousy: Insights From 1,000 Owners’ Study

The study of 1000 domestic animal owners in the south of England also uncovered examples where jealous dogs acted as 'uninvited chaperones' between couples…

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Innovative Cold-Asphalting Techniques Enhanced by UGR Study

Researchers of the group ‘Physics of fluids and biocolloids’ of the University of Granada [http://www.ugr.es], have worked with a system in which bitumen…

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Ocean Noise Growth Since 1960s: New Scripps Analysis Insights

With populations increasing around the globe in recent decades, no one would be surprised by an increase in the amount of noise produced in terrestrial…

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Long-Term Health Effects of West Nile Fever Revealed

The study reports that those patients who were diagnosed with the relatively benign manifestation of West Nile fever are just as likely to suffer later health…

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Higher Income Tied to Lower Disability Rates, Study Reveals

“What was unusual was that we found that people in the middle class were still at a disadvantage compared with those at just a slightly higher income,” said…

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Current desires distort children's choices about the future

Psychologists looking at the largely unknown world of how children perceive the future have found that the youngsters' choices are warped when they are caught…

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Understanding Couple Sleep Dynamics: Insights from ‘Two in a Bed’

In his newly-released book, “Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing,” Rosenblatt examines the dynamic of couples sharing their sleeping space….

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