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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 wa...

Dems are sneaking Wokeism into federally-taxpayer funded earmarks May 9, 2021 Democrats are using the newly-resurrected earmarks to fund their wasteful, radical Leftist causes, according to Senator Pat Toomey. “The indefensible return of earmarks means congressional Democrats will shower billions of taxpayer dollars on all kinds of radical left-wing causes,” Toomey warned. Earmarks “become the currency by which the leadership buys votes for unrelated legislation,” said Toomey. Adding �...

Papua New Guinea holds about seven percent of the worlds biodiversity and the United Nations Development Programme wants this reflected in its economy. The UNDP is working with Queenslands James Cook University to determine how an economic value can be put on nature. New Britain coast, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Alex Smith The PNG resident representative for the UNDP, Dirk Wagener, said what was often forgotten was that ecosystems generated by the environment produce many services for people. "S...

New research finds evidence arts education increases school engagement, attendance among Boston students By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated May 10, 2021, 5:00 a.m. Email to a Friend At the Eliot K-8 Innovation School in January 2020, soprano Brianna J. Robinson, in the foreground, and other artists from the Boston Lyric Opera visited to perform excerpts from Hansel and Gretel as part of an interactive program introducing opera to area students.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff Boston Public Schools...

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...

“We have to avoid a pregnancy,” said Rosa, about the possibility of getting pregnant during the Covid-19 pandemic. “My feeling is that I don’t want to have a baby. What I went through in 2017 when I had Raíssa, God forbid.” Rosa lives in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Her first child, Raíssa, was born during the epidemic of Zika – a mosquito-borne disease that caused severe birth defects if contracted during pregnancy, among other effects. Pernambuco was one of the epicenters...

 E-Mail UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Log on to any app store, and parents will find hundreds of options for children that claim to be educational. But new research suggests these apps might not be as beneficial to children as they seem. A new study analyzed some of the most downloaded educational apps for kids using a set of four criteria designed to evaluate whether an app provides a high-quality educational experience for children. The researchers found that most of the apps scored low, with free...

Reply The program begins July 8 through August 5 (Shutterstock) PRINCETON, NJ – This summer, the Princeton Recreation Department will be offering an empowerment program for girls. The Princeton Empowerment Program aims to encourage girls from various backgrounds to come together in a safe space, talk about important topics, and break down social barriers. The program is aimed at girls in grades 3-6. The program begins July 8 through August 5 and will take place at Grover Park located behin...

World Communique on the Pandemic Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay From the World Coordination Team of The Community for Human Development, in the face of the global health catastrophe that is occurring due to the COVI Pandemic, made even more evident in the very serious events that are happening to our brothers in India, Bangladesh, Latin America, Africa and many other places of this Universal Human Nation… We make a worldwide call to all internat...

African nations are attending this year's Dubai Expo 2020 in force, hoping to project an image of a modern and ambitious continent and shed stereotypes of conflict and underdevelopment. The six-month mega-event, delayed by the Covid pandemic, is a milestone for the wealthy Gulf emirate. It has spent some $8.2 billion transforming a barren stretch on the outskirts of the city into an eye-popping site bristling with high-tech pavilions. As the...