๐ธWorldwide, about 800 million children live below the #poverty line of US$3.20 a day, according to @unicef. In #Luxembourg, one in four #children live below the poverty line, which is defined at the EU level as 60% of the median income. Itโs one of the highest in the #EU.
๐๏ธListen to the new SciLux episode for an inspiring discussion on #childpoverty with our two guests: Prof. Olivier De Schutter & Dr Anne-Catherine Guio.
People of Hamburg!
I shall be visiting Hamburg this weekend.
Ostensibly, this is for work (Friday) but I may have accidentally tacked on a couple of days extra to explore the city.
I now realise this is the weekend of the Harbour festival, so this is either a very good or a very bad weekend to visit (ymmv).
Suggestions for eateries (plant based) and other fun things to do gratefully accepted.
EEEEEEP! The trip is in jeopardy! Due to the wonders of Brexit, our samples are currently stuck in customs in Belgium. As Thursday is a public holiday in BE and DE, if our (slowly thawing) samples don't make it to Hamburg tomorrow it is probably game over :sad_dog:
Scientists have long known a #gene called #APOE4 is one of many things that can increase peopleโs risk for #Alzheimer's, including simply getting older. The vast majority of Alzheimerโs cases occur after age 65. But #research published Monday suggests that for people who carry not one but two copies of the gene, it's more than a risk factor, it's an underlying cause of the mind-robbing #disease.
It sounds obvious in hindsight but some #philosophy researchers did a study analyzing the hundreds of thousands of posts and millions of comments in the popular subreddit r/AmItheAsshole.
"Asian Americans are the least likely group to feel strongly that they belong in the U.S. Asian Americans are also least likely to feel strongly that they are accepted in the U.S.
38% of Asian Americans completely agree that they belong, while only 18% completely agree that they are accepted in the U.S. for their racial identity."
Being an #immigrant academic is harder than what people think. I have to be on top of my game while juggling the complex immigration process and making sure that my family abroad and at home are being taken care of.
Having started in Europe, #eduroam - the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international #research & #education community - is now available in 104 territories worldwide and emerging pilot locations!
Took a research survey looking into effectiveness of #ACPE Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy ( #SIP) training.
I am looking forward to the training.
I'm peeved about the survey. They can't list every religion in the world, but with Neo-Pagan religions being the fastest growing cluster of religions in the USA, do better than sticking us in "OTHER"! Limits the research effectiveness & hides us.
"Republicans, refusing to give Biden a 'win,' voted against the [cancer research] funding. Even though this would be a win for all Americans โ and humanity โ it apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country."