Higher education does not influence brain ageing
A new study from the Lifebrain consortium, coordinated by the University of Oslo with the participation of the University of Barcelona, finds that higher education does not slow brain ageing, contrary to the popular belief. This study has been published in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers have known for a long time that all brains shrink with age. A common perception has been that education would be a way to hold back this shrinkage. However, there is no evidence to prove this hypothesis.
One of the participants in this study, David Bartrés Faz, expert from the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB (UBNeuro), notes that “a positive association between the level of education and the level of neurocognitive functioning has been reported in some past studies, and it is consistent with the idea that individuals with higher education have an initial advantage over individuals with lower educa
Higher education does not influence brain ageing
10/05/2021
A new study from the Lifebrain consortium, coordinated by the University of Oslo with the participation of the University of Barcelona, finds that higher education does not slow brain ageing, contrary to the popular belief. This study has been published in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers have known for a long time that all brains shrink with age. A common perception has been that education would be a way to hold back this shrinkage. However, there is no evidence to prove this hypothesis.
One of the participants in this study, David Bartrés Faz, expert from the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB (UBNeuro), notes that “a positive association between the level of education and the level of neurocognitive functioning has been reported in some past studies, and it is consistent with the idea that individuals with higher education have an initial advantage over in
Oil Change International
Is this even legal? Governments propping up fossil fuel production with public money. May 4, 2021By LaurieBlog Post, Featured, News, Stop Funding Fossils
Despite the need to rapidly wind-down fossil fuels to avert the worst of the climate crisis, governments worldwide continue to prop up fossil fuel production with huge sums of public money. The biggest form of public support is provided through Export Credit Agencies (ECAs), which exist to support domestic industries in doing business overseas. ECAs are little known to the public and yet they provide almost fourteen times more finance for fossil fuels (USD 40 billion) compared to clean energy (USD 2.9 billion) every year.
This legal opinion, commissioned by Oil Change International, for the first time lays out the international law obligations of Export credit agencies (ECAs) that are responsible for tens of billions of dollars per year in support for fossil fuels.
The main conclusion: ECAs – and the governments that oversee them – could be in violation of their international legal obligations if they do not take action to reduce their financing of fossil fuel-related activities imminently.
The legal opinion considers the international law framework that applies to ECAs which act on behalf of States or are regulated by them when operating as separate entities. Drawing primarily on customary international law, as well as on human rights, climate change agreements and OECD instruments, it concludes:
He is no Messiah that’s for sure, but the “sorrowful way” must be traversed by former president Jacob Zuma. He won’t spend a single day in jail of that I’m certain, but he must subject himself to the walk of shame.
We, South Africans, have to mock him and remind him of his vile deeds between 2009 and 2018. This we must be allowed to do, not because we hate Zuma, no, it’s because it will be good for our collective psyche as a people. If a former head of state attempts to undermine our hard-fought, hard-earned democracy, trample on our Constitution and spit in the face of our judiciary, then we must make an example of him and his cohorts. And if Zuma feels he is being left out to dry by his comrades, well, he brought this upon himself.