The 2026 Report is the final installment in a trilogy on development through uncertainty, building on the 2023–24 HDR on political polarization and the 2025 HDR on AI-driven transformations. This ...

In spite of its stereotypic laminar and columnar organization, the cerebral neocortex displays numerous species-specific adaptations of old and acquired new traits that subserve specific functions ...

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Objectives To examine the associations between the inflammatory potentials of diet and lifestyle, as measured by the Dietary Inflammation Score (DIS) and Lifestyle Inflammation Score (LIS), with the ...