Cathy Sim Jayco

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You probably know someone who still goes to class, brushing up on maths, joining a book club, or taking up a new hobby. And you've likely noticed they seem ... sharper. More energised. More themselves. Turns out, science agrees with what you've been observing. Learning keeps the brain strong A major study published in the journal Innovation in Aging (Oxford University Press, 2025) followed thousands of older adults across the United States. Researchers found that later-life learning was...

I was still dragging tables across the church hall room when someone offered me a drink. That's this group in a nutshell. You haven't even sat down and they're already looking after you. I caught them mid-conversation. Cholesterol levels. Where to go as we get older. Important stuff. I listened for a bit, then decided to derail the whole thing. "I have a question. Is a hotdog a sandwich?" Six heads turned. The silence was magnificent. What followed was a full investigation into hotdogs, sav...