Social & Behavior

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25-Apr-2025

Empathic comforting varies more within bonobo and chimpanzee species than between them

Durham University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have offered new insight into how our closest ape relatives - bonobos and chimpanzees – show empathy towards each other through consolatory behaviours. 

Journal

Evolution and Human Behavior

Funder

Templeton World Charity Foundation

25-Apr-2025

Aston University-led research calls for more advice for young adults amid rise in dry eye disease

Aston University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Aston University have called for more advice to be given to young people about preventing dry eye disease, after a study carried out in conjunction with Oslo University Hospital and Sørlandet Hospital Trust in Norway found that 90% of participants had at least one sign of the condition in their eyes.

Journal

The Ocular Surface

25-Apr-2025

Edvard Westermarck’s Archives inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, honoring his pioneering work in anthropology and sociology

Abo Akademi University
Grant and Award Announcement

The Westermarck Archives at the Åbo Akademi University Library in Turku, Finland have been included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme for the preservation of documentary and written cultural heritage.

25-Apr-2025

Study: Education improves in-home gun safety

Pediatric Academic Societies
Reports and Proceedings

More information about gun safety has increasingly led parents to ask about firearms in the homes their kids visit, according to a new national study. The research will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2025 Meeting, held April 24-28 in Honolulu.  

24-Apr-2025

The effects of smoking, drinking and lack of exercise are felt by the age of 36, new research indicates

Taylor & Francis Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise must be tackled as early as possible to boost the odds of a happy and healthy old age. 

Journal

Annals of Medicine

Funder

Finnish Cultural Foundation, Academy of Finland

24-Apr-2025

A new way of visualizing blood pressure data can help doctors better manage patients with hypertension

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a graph worth? For doctors trying to determine whether a patient’s blood pressure is within normal range, the answer may depend on the type of graph they’re looking at.

Journal

Journal of General Internal Medicine

24-Apr-2025

New study finds link between green spaces and police violence

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The first study to examine the relationship between the greenness of an area and police violence found that areas with a greater amount of green space had fewer fatal police shootings. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign landscape architecture professor William Sullivan was part of the research team.

Journal

Environment and Behavior