INTERESTING UIUC RESEARCH

Posted on Tuesday 24 October 2006

Bees! Genes! Bee genes!

By studying the humble honey bee, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have come a step closer to understanding the molecular basis of social behavior in humans.

Honey bee genome holds clues to social behavior

Yet another reason not to be overweight!

Americans are now pumping 938 million gallons of fuel more annually than they were in 1960 as a result of extra weight in vehicles. And when gas prices average $3 a gallon, the tab for overweight people in a vehicle amounts to $7.7 million a day, or $2.8 billion a year.

Weight gain of U.S. drivers has increased nation’s fuel consumption


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