Supportive relationships linked to willingness to pursue opportunities
Psychologists have discovered that people with supportive spouses were more likely to take on potentially rewarding challenges and that those who accepted the challenges experienced more personal growth, happiness, psychological well-being and better relationship...
In terms of health, having any job is not necessarily better than not having a job
People employed in low paying or highly stressful jobs may not actually enjoy better health than those who remain unemployed. read the full article
First mutant ants shed light on evolution of social behavior
Scientists disrupted a gene essential for sensing pheromones, resulting in severe deficiencies in the ants' social behaviors and their ability to survive within a colony. read the full article
Mutant ants provide insights into social interaction
Ants engineered to lack their 'sense of smell' became unable to communicate, navigate or forage. A new study may further the understanding of the genetics of social communication across evolution, with the potential to shape research into disorders that interfere with...
De-jargonizing program helps decode science speak
Science is fascinating to many, but sentences about research full of expert-level terms and descriptions can scare away even the most passionate audiences. Now, scientists have created a free, scientist-friendly “De-Jargonizer” they hope will make science and research...
Higher income individuals more physically active, yet more sedentary
New research finds that higher income individuals are more likely to be 'weekend warriors,' getting most of their activity on only a few days a week. read the full article
Crank the AC, cut in-car pollution
After conducting a new research approach using actual commutes, a group of engineers discovered a simple shift in driving habits can help to reduce exposure to pollutants while out on the road. read the full article
Origins of DNA folding suggested in archaea
Proteins in archaea bend strands of DNA in a way that's similar in eukaryotes, new research reveals. That similarity hints at the evolutionary origin of the elaborate folding that eukaryotic cells use to cram their genome into a nucleus. read the full article
Human-caused warming likely led to recent streak of record-breaking temperatures
It is 'extremely unlikely' 2014, 2015 and 2016 would have been the warmest consecutive years on record without the influence of human-caused climate change, according to the authors of a new study. read the full article
For bacteria that cheat, food is at the forefront
Microbes that produce important secretions for use in a community suffer a blow to their own fitness for supplying the non-producing 'cheater' bacteria -- but only when production requires the same nutrients that would otherwise go into growth and biomass. read the...