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…
By examining more than 120,000 children under age 6 in Massachusetts over 22 years, a newly published study shows that young children–especially infants–are…
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The researchers conducted a randomized, controlled trial of 480 college-age women in the San Francisco Bay area and San Diego, Calif., who were identified in…
More than 20,000 children were treated in United States hospital emergency departments in 2005 for shopping cart-related injuries. According to a study…
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) surveyed parents about household firearm storage practices and found that those with adolescents are…
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“The key distinction for policy purposes is that whereas heredity is immutable, congenital characteristics are mediated by the prenatal environment. This…
While many volunteers may describe what they do as work, there are some key distinctions. Not least the fact that many volunteers are beyond the labour market…
Professor Paul Longley and his colleagues have assembled a range of private and public sector data sources to investigate three things: how we access new…
Whereas justifiable attention is given to the increasing problem of obesity in the general population, far less is known about the relationship between obesity…
Every summer, millions of sooty shearwaters arrive off the coast of California, their huge flocks astonishing visitors who may have trouble grasping that the…
Findings from an Australian study on driver distraction found that drivers engage in a distracting activity on average once every six minutes, which frequently…
The study showed that 1.8 percent, or about one in 50, of newly diagnosed endometrial cancer patients have mutations for Lynch syndrome, an inherited condition…
It has long been assumed in classical theories of economics that people act entirely rationally when taking decisions. However, it has increasingly become…
Forty-three patients with histories of fractures, arthrodesis (joint fusion) or spinal fusions who'd undergone MDCT and conventional radiography for the…
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