Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...

All children and families served by Head Start set to lose under new rule adopted by the Trump Administration.

A new report follows the lives of around 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the largest study of its ...

A groundbreaking international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon.

A fossil found in Georgia is helping scientists answer a big question: why do humans have such a long childhood? Compared to ...

Women in their 60s and 70s could theoretically one day give birth to genetically related children, according to scientists pioneering a breakthrough technique that converts DNA from skin cells into ...

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Scientists reflect on the life and work of a researcher whose discoveries made them rethink what it means to be human. By Carl Zimmer and Emily Anthes Most people know Jane Goodall, who died Wednesday ...