A Lifeline for Discovery: Why Europe is Luring American Researchers and Scientists
As U.S. research budgets are caught in political crosshairs, Europe’s grants and streamlined visas keep essential science moving forward
For many mid-career scientists, the calculus is no longer framed as an escape from the United States, but as an advance toward an environment that supports work that requires uninterrupted focus and time, stable funding, and a civic landscape less hostile to empirical debate.
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Wort by Wort: The Cognitive Power of Learning a Second Language
In midlife, learning another language rewires your brain, builds cognitive resilience...and might just change the way you age.
Bilingualism appears to delay the onset of dementia by up to five years, even when physical signs of brain deterioration are already present. So…let‘s get on it!
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