Category: Teenager
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What to Do So Children Develop Healthy Restlessness
Children between four and seven years old watch more than two hours of television per day. To acquire reading habits, it is essential for parents and children to read together. “I have no special talents,” Albert Einstein used to say, “I am only passionately curious.” If there was something in life that Einstein considered fundamental,…
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Young people say AI helps reduce study stress
Nine in ten young people reported that Artificial Intelligence (AI) helped them reduce stress during more intense study periods, particularly during evaluations, exams, and individual or group project deadlines. The survey was conducted by Emy Education, an AI platform. “We discovered that in the last 6 months, nearly 96% of our respondents used artificial intelligence…
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Millennial saint, wearing jeans and sneakers, reaches the Catholic altars
Today (September 7), St. Peter’s Square will be filled with young people with smartphones, teary eyes, and hearts pounding with faith. Throughout the day, Pope Leo XIV will proclaim Carlo Acutis a saint – the first millennial to ascend to the Catholic altars. His canonization, in St. Peter’s Basilica, is a breath of hope for…
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These brain implants express what you’re thinking — even when you don’t want them to
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Surgically implanted devices that allow people with paralysis to speak can also intercept your inner monologue. That’s the conclusion of a study on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) published in the journal Cell. The discovery could lead to BCIs that allow paralyzed users to produce synthesized speech more quickly and with less effort. But the idea that…
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These Brain Implants Reveal Your Thoughts — Even When You Don’t Want
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Surgically implanted devices that allow paralyzed people to speak can also listen to their inner monologue. That’s the conclusion of a study on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) in the journal Cell. The discovery could lead to BCIs that allow paralyzed users to produce synthesized speech more quickly and with less effort. But the idea that the…
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See the tips for protecting children and adolescents on social media
The complaints made by influencer Felca Bress, in a video published last week, brought into focus the risks that social networks pose to children and adolescents and how there is no regulation on the use of images of minors in these virtual spaces. The scenes exposed by Felca shocked and provoked reactions from the National…
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Child Abuse Reports in Brazil Surge 114% After Video
The number of reports of explicit material depicting children and adolescents collected by the online human rights NGO SaferNet surged 114% since influencer and comedian Felipe Bressanim Pereira, widely known as Felca, described how content creators make money by exploiting minors in sexualized scenarios. In the video, which has amassed over 38 million views, Felca…
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Experts warn that children cannot be a ‘product’ of social media
The debate over children’s use of social media and the circulation of content that exploits the image of minors has gained enormous repercussion in recent days following the complaints made by influencer Felca Bress. For experts interviewed by Agência Brasil, it is necessary to establish clear rules for social media and platforms to combat the…
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How the Brain Changes with Learning New Languages
There are numerous reasons to learn a new language: work, love, or personal interest in the culture or people of a region. Research also shows that learning languages benefits the overall health of the brain. Learning a new language is like exercising the brain. Just as muscles strengthen with physical training, neural pathways remodel when…
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As Women Have Far Fewer Children, U.S. and World Face Unprecedented Challenges
As more women in the US and around the world choose to have fewer children or none at all, declining birth rates create unprecedented demographic challenges for governments and societies.