According to a new study published in the journal Social Development, pet dogs provide valuable social support for children when they’re stressed.
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A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals the link between breeding season and the hormone melatonin,...
A study led by Carnegie Mellon University researchers provides the first biological evidence to explain how marriage impacts health.
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A research team led by Scripps Research Institute scientist Dr. Supriya Srinivasan has identified a brain hormone that appears to trigger fat burning in...
New research published in the journal Current Biology shows that as little as 48 hours of camping can help re-set the body’s circadian rhythm, or internal...
The same hormone produced in the gut of the duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) to regulate blood glucose is also produced in the animal’s...
A team of scientists led by Prof. Stacey Harmer of the University of California, Davis, has discovered how sunflowers use their circadian clock, acting...
Lemur females behave more like the males thanks to a little testosterone, says a group of biologists at Duke University in Durham, NC.
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Chins of anatomically modern humans don’t come from mechanical forces such as chewing, but instead result from an evolutionary adaptation involving face...
According to a group of anthropologists headed by Dr Brian Hare of Duke University, a decline in testosterone levels about 50,000 years ago led to the...
Elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol could be linked with lower rates of participation in elections, says a new study published in the journal...
New research reported in the journal Nature Neuroscience says that oxytocin, a hormone that promotes feelings of love, social bonding and well-being, can...
A team of scientists has shown that brain levels of serotonin, the happy hormone, are regulated by the amount of bacteria in the gut during early life.
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