Low-development regions suffer far higher losses in climate disasters, study warns

People living in regions with lower scores on the Human Development Index face a substantially higher risk from ...
The Conversation

Synthetic human embryos let researchers study early development while sidestepping ethical and logistical hurdles

Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life. But studying this marvel of intricate and layered biological processes in people faces ...
Nature

Disease coverage of human genome-wide association studies and pharmaceutical research and development

Despite the growing interest in the use of human genomic data for drug target identification and validation, the extent to which the spectrum of human disease has been addressed by genome-wide ...
Nature

Modelling human brain development and disease with organoids

One of the challenges when studying brain development and disease is the limited access to live human brain tissue. Murine models have been extensively used to investigate brain development and ...
The Daily Dot

“I’m still a child”: New study says the brain’s most stable period doesn’t arrive until age 32

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...
CNN

Exposure to phthalates during pregnancy can affect a newborn’s brain development, study finds

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. Phthalates — the synthetic ...
CNBC

It's too expensive to replace human workers with AI—for now, says MIT study

An artificially intelligent robot may not steal your job as soon as you think. That's because it may be too expensive for companies to replace human workers with AI, according to a January study from ...