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…
New research from University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests that physical conditions at the air-sea interface,…
Scientists have known for many years that on-going pain in one part of the body is reduced when a new pain is inflicted to another part of the body. This pain…
A new study performed by Haifa University shows that decreasing the font size helps to improve reading comprehension among fifth graders who have mastered the…
According to the 2013 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) Mental Health and Well-Being Report, over one-third of licensed Ontario students in…
The study, led by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that people with class III (or…
A study conducted by scientists in Brazil and the United Kingdom has quantified the impact that selective logging, partial destruction by burning, and…
It is well documented that children with obese parents are at greater risk for obesity. In a new study, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital,…
Moreover, this finding holds true regardless of socio-economic status. This suggests that children with learning difficulties might benefit from teaching…
“With summer in full swing and kids sitting on the couch, parents are wondering whether to push them to find a job,” says Sauder professor Marc-David L….
Ripping a page from the Star Trek script, specialized cells of the barrier that lines the inside of the intestines and airways of humans have invoked a…
Many developed regions in China are not only drawing from their own water resources but also contributing to water depletion in other water-scarce regions of…
While cigarette use is declining precipitously among youth, evidence indicates that American adolescents are turning to ethnically-linked alternative tobacco…
Babies' growth in the womb and their size at birth, especially their length, are strikingly similar the world over – when babies are born to healthy,…
The CGA, first developed in the 1930s, is a multidimensional diagnostic process that looks at a frail elderly person's medical, psychosocial, and functional…
Psychedelic drugs such as LSD and magic mushrooms can profoundly alter the way we experience the world but little is known about what physically happens in the…
New research from Carnegie Mellon University is the first to show that brief mindfulness meditation practice – 25 minutes for three consecutive days –…
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