Together with partners, the World Bank participated in multiple discussions on climate and human development at COP28, with a special emphasis on climate and health. Highlights included the first ever ...

A new study takes a tour of the history of research into human embryology and development to show the "cycles of attention" ...

Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...

Many top UK scientists are calling for the current 14-day limit on embryo research to be doubled to 28-days, so they can study the unexplored secrets of early human development. Lifting the ban ...

Drawing on the development experience and advances in economic analysis since the 1950s, World Development Report 2024 identifies what developing economies can do to avoid the “middle-income trap.” ...

New Study Mapping Stem Cells Reveals Molecular Choreography Behind Individual Variation in Human Development Sep. 25, 2024 — Researchers have mapped variation in human stem cells that explains ...

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Although not all mammals use this reproductive strategy, the ability to pause development can be triggered experimentally. Whether human cells can respond to diapause triggers remained an open ...

Join a university ranked second in the UK and 7th in the world for development studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022). Develop an appreciation of the importance of the contextual ...

Oct. 2, 2024 — Ever wish you could stop that fruit fly on your kitchen counter in its tracks? Scientists have created flies that halt under red light. In doing so, they discovered the precise ...