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Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...

Ella Thomas was born to an Eritrean mother and a father who was an officer in the American army stationed in that country. Her family moved to Germany, where she studied. She learned German, then ...