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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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Years after bullying, negative impact on a child's health may remain

The longer the period of time a child is bullied, the more severe and lasting the impact on a child's health, according to a new study from Boston Children's…

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Archaeologists Explore Food Security Amid Climate Challenges

Four Arizona State University archaeologists are looking into this as part of an international team examining how people can be most resilient to climate…

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Restless Sleep Linked to Pain in Older Adults

Muscle, bone and nerve (musculoskeletal) pain is more prevalent as people age, with up to 80% of people 65 years of age and older experiencing daily pain….

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Two Parents with Alzheimer’s Disease? Disease May Show up Decades Early on Brain Scans

“Studies show that by the time people come in for a diagnosis, there may be a large amount of irreversible brain damage already present,” said study author…

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New Data Shows Continued Decline of African Forest Elephants

Authors of landmark 2013 study, coordinated by WCS, show that forest elephant poaching continues apace65 percent of forest elephants lost between 2002 and 2013New information released at United for Wildlife International Wildlife Trafficking Symposium: February 11-12, 2014 at the Zoological Society of London…

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When Popularity Dims: The Coolness Factor in Tech Products

That coolness can turn tepid if the product appears to be losing its edginess, they also found.”Everyone says they know what 'cool' is, but we wanted to get at…

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First Observation of Human HAT: Key Proteins in Pathologies

HAT amino acid transporters are involved in pathologies such as aminoacidurias, cancer, viral infections and cocaine addiction.The breakthrough published in…

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Dressing Down: Boosting Social Status with Style Choices

But there's always that one guy who wears the bright socks or the obnoxious bow tie. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, this type of…

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Learner autonomy coaching: a vehicle in the reconciliation of cognitive dissonance for academic success

This study assessed the effect on Learner Autonomy Profile V3.0 (LAP) scores of a five-week coaching intervention for pre-diploma students at one university in…

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Free Toolkit to Measure Endangered Language Vitality Online

The EuLaViBar language vitality barometer is a tool that can be used to determine the extent to which a language is threatened with extinction. Academics from…

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Genetic Markers in Breast Cancer Spread to the Brain Identified

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has uncovered possible genetic origins of breast cancer that spreads to the brain, according to a…

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Ice Age's Arctic Tundra Lush with Wildflowers for Woolly Mammoths, Study Finds

The study, “Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafauna diet,” included Joseph Craine, assistant professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas…

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Study Links Cars, Computers, TVs to Obesity in Developing Nations

The findings of an international study, led by Simon Fraser University health sciences professor Scott Lear, are published today in the Canadian Medical…

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How Virtual Avatars Influence Real-World Behavior

“Our results indicate that just five minutes of role-play in virtual environments as either a hero or villain can easily cause people to reward or punish…

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Smoking Increases Risk of Common Breast Cancer Type

That is the finding of an analysis published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study indicates that an…

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Multicolor Optogenetic Toolkit Enhances Light-Sensitive Research

Most of these light-sensitive proteins, known as opsins, respond to light in the blue-green range. Now, a team led by MIT has discovered an opsin that is…

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