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Harnessing adolescents’ readiness to help can be good for them and their communities. YAKOBCHUK VIACHESLAV/Shutterstock.com

Adolescents have a fundamental need to contribute

Teens get a bad rap as selfish, dangerous risk-takers. But neuroscience and psychology research is revising that image: Adolescents are primed to help those around them, with positive benefits for all.
Mengukur potensi penggunaan teknologi tersebut untuk penelitian perencanaan kota serta melihat tantangan yang dihadapi. www.shutterstock.com

Penggunaan drone dalam penelitian perencanaan kota di Indonesia

Bagi Indonesia yang merupakan negara kepulauan, penerapan teknologi drone sangat bermanfaat untuk pemetaan daerah.
Parents accompany their children to school on the first day back after a teachers’ strike in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Richard Vogel

Community schools score key victory in LA teachers strike

The Los Angeles teachers strike wasn’t just about teachers – it was also about community schools, according to an education scholar who serves as director of the UCLA Center for Community Schooling.
Une bonne nuit de sommeil pourrait se résumer à un endroit confortable où poser sa tête. Sarah Brown/Unsplash

Une solution simple pour améliorer le sommeil des adolescents

Pour étudier le lien entre sommeil et développement cérébral, des chercheurs ont analysé les nuits et les cerveaux d’adolescents. Un accessoire banal s’est avéré d’une grande importance : l’oreiller.
Una buena noche de sueño se reduce a tener un lugar cómodo donde apoyar la cabeza. Marisa Harris/Unsplash

Hay una solución sencilla a la falta de sueño de los jóvenes

Investigadores monitorizaron el sueño de los jóvenes así como sus cerebros. Un mejor sueño implicó un desarrollo cerebral más sano, pero sorprendió la importancia algo relacionado con donde duermen.
Scène de mœurs, dit Le rapt de la négresse, peinture signée Christiaen van Couwenbergh. [Delft, Pays-Bas], huile sur toile, 105x128 cm, 1632. Cette œuvre représentant le viol d’une femme noire choqua ses contemporains, non pas par sa violence, mais par la représentation d’une relation sexuelle interraciale, jugée déplacée à l’époque. Flickr/Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604-1667),

« Les imaginaires sexuels coloniaux ont façonné les mentalités des sociétés occidentales »

Comment les pays esclavagistes et colonisateurs ont-ils (ré)inventé l’« Autre » pour mieux le dominer, posséder son corps comme son territoire ? Extraits du livre « Sexe, race et colonies ».
California and the Trump administration are going different directions on mileage standards. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Trump administration and California are on collision course over vehicle emissions rules

Law scholars from California unpack the legal questions raised by the Trump administration’s plan to roll back mileage standards and revoke California’s ability to set more stringent rules.
Knowing what to say to someone who has lost a loved one by suicide can help survivors. Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.com

Mourning death by suicide: How you can provide support for the bereaved

Survivors of those who have died by suicide have special needs that many people do not quite understand. An expert in grief offers ways to be a helpful, healing presence and avoid saying things that will hurt.
Will the yellow warbler survive a changing climate? By Steve Byland/shutterstock.com

Can this bird adapt to a warmer climate? Read the genes to find out

As the climate warms, some species will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to the new conditions. Rachael Bay examined DNA for clues as to which yellow warblers were most vulnerable.
Coca-Cola is the world’s most popular carbonated soft drink. The original is made with sugar, but the others contain artificial sweeteners that are now linked to a rise in obesity and diabetes. By Chones/shutterstock.com

Diet soda may be hurting your diet

Mounting evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners are linked to chronic health problems like obesity and diabetes. Should there be a tax on these foods?

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