by Chloe Kennedy | 5 Apr 2024 | Health and Wellness, Student Posts, Tatnall School, Youth Voices
Long after teens returned to school, the isolation they endured during lockdown had ramifications we are just now seeing. A teen sits on stairs feeling lonely. (Credit: Motortion/Getty Images) This article, by high school student Chloe Kennedy, was produced out of...
by Düzgün Ali Sarikaya | 22 Mar 2024 | Contest winners, Europe, Politics, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
The fear of another Chernobyl makes nuclear energy bad for politics. But with Europe struggling to reduce carbon, is it good for the environment? The Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant in Cattenom, France, 8 September 2022. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias) This...
by Danylo Bryhinskyi | 21 Mar 2024 | Environment, Europe, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Can we turn from plastic to paper without cutting down more trees? At 16, Valentyn Frechka decided he could make paper from fallen leaves. Trees in an urban forest. (Photo by Tom & Anna on Pixnio) This article, by high school student Danylo Bryhinskyi, was...
by Enzo Cazzaniga | 18 Mar 2024 | Contest winners, Culture, Europe, Personal Reflections, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Millions of people move from one place to another. When it isn’t just the city that changes but the language and culture, it can be difficult to feel at home. A doormat says “Home Sweet Home.” (Credit: Andy Dean Photography) This article, by high...
by Viktorie Velhartická | 15 Mar 2024 | Education, Health and Wellness, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
One student compared two schools in different countries and found that where the focus was on academics over community, students were more satisfied. What’s that all about? Students discuss amongst each other in a classroom. (Credit: FatCamera/Getty Images)...
by Haley Davis | 14 Mar 2024 | Health and Wellness, Indiana University, Science, Student Posts, Technology, Youth Voices
It can spot cancer, answer medical questions and help develop drugs. But we don’t trust artificial intelligence to be our primary doctor just yet. A masked robot next to an MRI machine. (Photo illustration by News Decoder) You’re lying in a hospital bed about to enter...
by Maya Agarwal | 13 Mar 2024 | Decoder Replay, Personal Reflections, Religion, School Year Abroad, Science
Everyone has an origin story. For one woman, that story begins with the love between a husband and wife. And a petri dish. Lab staff prepare small petri dishes, each holding several 1-7-day-old embryos, at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization...
by Liv Egli | 12 Mar 2024 | Contest winners, Culture, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Psychologists call it cognitive dissonance when you disconnect beef from the killing of a cow. But some think you need to know the animal you eat. Cows look on as someone is about to eat a fat, juicy hamburger. (Photo illustration by News Decoder) This article, by...
by Joshua Glazer | 11 Mar 2024 | Culture, History, Judaism, Religion, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States, Youth Voices
Like their parents before them, thousands of U.S. teens head to camp this summer. But for many, this R&R combines relaxation with religion. Two generations of kids at Jewish summer camp. Joshua Glazer, shown right, and his mother, when she was about the same age....
by Kaja Andrić | 8 Mar 2024 | Education, Environment, European School Brussels, Journalism, Media Literacy
Amina McCauley experienced climate change in the ancient forests of Tasmania. Now she wants students around the globe to understand its effects. Amina McCauley sits among the fern trees in Wellington Park, Tasmania. (Photo courtesy Amina McCauley) Concern about...