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How Small-Scale Societies Achieve Large-Scale Cooperation

For most of our species’ history, humans have lived in relatively small subsistence communities, often called small-scale societies.

Worldwide, Those With ‘Traditional’ Values Adhered More Strictly to COVID Precautions

UCLA-led study could help officials tailor health and safety policies to appeal to populations with a variety of social views.

DieTryin: an R Package for Data Collection, Automated Data Entry, and Post-Processing of Network-Structured Economic Games, Social Networks, and Other Roster-Based Dyadic Data

Researchers studying social networks and inter-personal sentiments in bounded or small-scale communities face a trade-off between the use of roster-based and free-recall/name-generator-based survey tools.

Study Furthers Radically New View Of Gene Control

Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes.

Drug Overdose Fatalities Among Older Adults Have Quadrupled in Past 20 Years

The rate of overdose deaths among people age 65 and older quadrupled over the 20-year period starting in 2002, according to a new study co-authored by UCLA Health’s Chelsea Shover.

Animal Culture Research Should Include Avian Nest Construction

Material culture—that is, group-shared and socially learned object-related behaviour(s)—is a widespread and diverse phenomenon in humans.

Nanoparticle With mRNA Appears to Prevent, Treat Peanut Allergies In Mice

UCLA-developed technology could provide platform to fight other allergies, autoimmune disorders

Anesthesia Doesn't Simply Turn Off The Brain — It Changes Its Rhythms

Simultaneous measurement of neural rhythms and spikes across five brain areas reveals how propofol induces unconsciousness.

Supermassive Black Holes Devour Gas Just Like Their Petite Counterparts

Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.

Anxiety Motivates Bystanders To Intervene In Bullying

Many school pupils are in daily contact with bullying – as victims, bullies or witnesses.

Ozone-Depleting Chemicals May Spend Less Time In The Atmosphere Than Previously Thought

New results point to unexpected, illegal production of several CFCs in recent years.

New Findings On Benign Adrenal Tumours Could Improve Care

New research could enable better healthcare for patients with benign tumours of the adrenal glands.

MIT Turns “Magic” Material Into Versatile Electronic Devices

Work on three graphene-based devices may yield new insights into superconductivity.

Would More Parks and Trees Help L.A. County Residents Live Longer?

UCLA-led study predicts that an equitable ‘greening’ plan could add up to a million years in collective life expectancy

Alzheimer's Disease Is Composed Of Four Distinct Subtypes

Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain.

Simple Diagnostic Tool Predicts Individual Risk Of Alzheimer's

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine.

A Stressful Life In The City Affects Birds' Genes

Great tits living in cities are genetically different from great tits in the countryside.

10 Years After Obesity Surgery : How Did Life Turn Out?

In a new study from Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, patients were interviewed about their experiences ten years after undergoing obesity surgery.