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New, potentially pioneering research in the Purdue University Sleep and Developmental Studies Laboratory is examining deep sleep’s role in “sloshing” metabolic waste from the brain. The study led by A ...

Read Affiliate Joe Bak-Coleman's contribution to the UN Human Development Report 2025, with advisory input from Faculty Associate Arvind Narayanan and alums J. Nathan Matias and Zeynep Tufekci.Learn ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor proliferation and cortical size. Small genetic changes in HARE5 amplify a ...

Just as pediatricians use growth charts to monitor a child's height and weight, researchers have now created the first comprehensive brain development charts that track cognitive milestones from birth ...

Human development has slowed but AI could save us all, new UN study finds A global survey showed the general population's attitude to AI was upbeat and found that it could narrow the equality gap.

Human development progress is experiencing an unprecedented slowdown according to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report shows how Artificial ...

Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new Yale-led study shows that, early in development, molecular “traffic cops” known ...