Dolores Albarracín: ‘If you don't listen, you have no risk of changing’
PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín is spotlighted.
In eusocial superorganisms like leafcutter ant colonies, labor is divvied up according to body shape and size, but PIK Professor Shelley Berger and her team discovered that molecular signals can override that blueprint. Their findings reveal how simple neuropeptides can reprogram ant behavior, reshuffling roles in nature’s most disciplined workforce.
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What can ants and naked-mole rats teach about societal roles?
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‘The most human gesture’ brings the gift of a hand transplant at Penn Medicine
How to better brainstorm with ChatGPT in five steps
A study by Christian Terwiesch of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that the results of generative AI brainstorming can be surprisingly alike with just slight variations, limiting the pool of diverse responses.
‘Whole again’: Man receives double hand transplant after nearly 17 years
Luka Krizanac is the fifth person to undergo a hand transplant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, featuring remarks from L. Scott Levin of the Perelman School of Medicine.
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Editorial: California Democrats worried about gas price hikes they created
A study from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design projected that regulatory changes in California would boost retail gasoline costs by 65 cents a gallon in the near term.
Penn admitted 4.9% of applicants, its most selective year in its history
Penn received 72,544 applications and admitted 4.9% of its applicants for fall 2025, its most selective year in history, according to Dean Whitney Soule of Admissions.
Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ before birth linked to higher blood pressure in kids
Adeiyewunmi (Ade) Osinubi of the Perelman School of Medicine pens a piece on forever chemicals and their health effects.
Archaeologists discover 2,500-year-old Midas dynasty tomb in Turkey
Penn Museum archaeologists have discovered a 2,500-year-old Midas dynasty tomb in Turkey.