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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If you have stopped at a gas station recently, there is a good chance your auto has consumed fuel with ethanol blended into it. Yet the price of gasoline is…
Trait anxiety is a measure of how anxious a person usually is, as opposed to state anxiety, which refers to how anxious we are at the moment. A meta-analysis…
The discovery, published Oct. 9 in Science Translational Medicine, could point the way to better treatments for patients who are medically vulnerable and,…
The study, published in the September issue of Ecology and Society, examined a combination of 15 social and ecological variables — from tourism and per capita…
In many modern societies, adults often sacrifice sleep during the workweek to make time for other demands, then snooze longer on the weekends to recoup that…
Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability and the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States. “These results highlight the severe toll that…
Researchers exploring the link between newborn infections and later behavior and movement problems have found that inflammation in the brain keeps cells from…
Susan is a highly productive employee but is absent more often than her co-workers. She has decided to take a me-day because she believes that her absence will…
How do the students of today want to work tomorrow? Fraunhofer IAO has been using its “Kopfarbeit-Index KAI®” to find out. Since September, students have been…
It has been scientifically proven that about 15 per cent of all cancer cases are the result of viral infection, but many researchers believe that even more…
According to a common myth, today’s young people are all glued to the Internet. But in fact, only 30 percent of the world’s youth population between the ages…
New research suggests that brain training programs might strengthen your ability to hold information in mind, but they won't bring any benefits to the kind of…
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