Highlighted in
Education

Social Sciences
4 mins read

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…

Read more

All News

Science Education

Genedata’s €12.6M Partnership for Cancer Research Innovation

An estimated 17% of human cancers are caused by chronic infection. Cancer results from the progressive accumulation of genetic changes to the body’s healthy…

Science Education

ESO and Chile Mark 10 Years of Scientific Collaboration

ESO and the Government of Chile launched today the book “10 Years xploring the Universe”, written by the beneficiaries of the ESO-Chile Joint Committee. This…

Science Education

Improving Quality of Life After Cancer: New Research Insights

The ‘Cancer Experiences Collaborative’ will investigate ways in which patients and their families can cope more effectively and maximise the benefits of…

Studies and Analyses

Study Supports Steroid Injections for Hip Osteoarthritis Relief

Prof. Maksymowych, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and his radiologist colleagues recognized the importance of image-guided…

Studies and Analyses

Stress During Pregnancy May Raise Fibromyalgia Risk in Baby Girls

Stressful or traumatic events experienced during pregnancy can have long-lasting effects on the fetus, yet these effects may not become apparent until many…

Studies and Analyses

4×4 drivers more likely to flout mobile phone and seat belt laws

Drivers of four wheel drive vehicles are more likely to flout laws regarding mobile phones and seat belts than drivers of other cars, finds a study published…

Studies and Analyses

Americans' circle of friends is shrinking, new study shows

“The evidence shows that Americans have fewer confidants and those ties are also more family-based than they used to be,” said Lynn Smith-Lovin, Robert L….

Studies and Analyses

How Color Coding in Sports Uniforms Enhances Game Tracking

It is that color coding, Johns Hopkins University psychologists have now demonstrated, that allows spectators, players and coaches at major sporting events to…

Science Education

Kids who blow bubbles find language is child's play

Their study looked at more than 120 children aged 21 months – the time when they are learning new words at a faster rate than at any other stage of their life….

Studies and Analyses

Biological Traits and Bird Diversification Rates: What We Found

“Few studies have looked at ecological traits such as dispersal and feeding generalization as explanations for variation in rate of diversification, perhaps…

Studies and Analyses

Consumers don't pardon the intrusion of advertisements

“Media create the audience for most advertising. Consumers come to a medium for its content,” explain Jing Wang (University of Iowa) and Bobby Calder…

Studies and Analyses

3 Million Babies Born Through Assisted Reproductive Technologies

According to the 2002 World report on ART presented at the 22nd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Prague, Czech…

Studies and Analyses

How Peer-to-Peer Sharing Fosters Social Solidarity

But a groundbreaking new study in the September issue of the Journal of Consumer Research argues that members of peer-to-peer file sharing networks, like the…

Social Sciences

FWF Project Explores Football Migration in Austria

The history of immigration and football in Austria has been a little researched field until now, though it goes back a long way. Football migration was…

Studies and Analyses

Nitric Oxide Levels Linked to Infertility and Sperm Damage

Dr Iraj Amiri, embryology laboratory director at the IVF Centre, Fatemieh Hospital, Hamadan, Iran, said: “In recent years nitric oxide (NO) has been recognised…

Studies and Analyses

Labour Migrants Unbound? EU Expansion and Market Impacts

Situation 2004-2006Ten countries joined the European Union in 2004. At this moment 73 million new EU citizens acquired the right to settle in all other EU…

Feedback