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With teen obesity at its highest it has ever been, and the continuous pressure of attaining super model thin bodies, research suggest teens who identify themselves as being fat when they are not can lead to obesity later in life. 
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A boy math whiz has shocked the world by solving a 350-year-old problem once posed by the great mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton. Sixteen-year-old Shouryya Ray, a boy of Indian origin attending school in Germany, cracked two particle dynamics theories. Ray's novel solutions can now help scientists calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and predict how it will strike and bounce off a wall, according to the International Business Times.
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Bestselling authors of teen literature portray their more foul-mouthed characters as rich, attractive and popular, a new study finds.
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Neuroscience shows that the adolescent brain is still developing. The question is whether that should influence the sentencing of juveniles. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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Special needs youngsters thrive when given horticultural tasks.
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Teenage girls are spending a concerning amount of time on the Internet, potentially leading to low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction, research by Flinders University reveals.
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(Medical Xpress) -- Too much screen time can be detrimental to girls 8 to 12 years old, but there is a surprisingly straightforward alternative for greater social wellness.
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Young people are expressing their affection by swapping passwords to e-mail, Facebook and other accounts.
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Children who love video games have brains like gamblers
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“If the young are not initiated into the tribe, they will burn down the village just to feel its warmth” (proverb)
"In mainstream media, rites of passage are more often than not seen as something from another time and place and not relevant to today’s society. As a result, most of the world is, not to put too fine a point on it, in crisis. There is an awful lot of ‘village burning’ going on. Just turn on the TV or open a newspaper." Via Lesley Rodgers
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A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis of long-term effects of violent video game play on the brain has found changes in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control in young adult men after one week of...
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Teens Who Play Video Games Eat More: By Jill Harness in Entertainment, Gaming, Science & Tech on Nov 11, 2011 at...
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Teenagers are famous for seeking independence from their parents, but research shows that many teens continue to spend time with their parents and that this shared time is important for teens' well-being, according to Penn State researchers.
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September 10, 2013 12:53 AM
Time parents spend with teens increases during adolescents according to this study...
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Sydney Morning HeraldHow digital culture is rewiring our brainsSydney Morning HeraldOur brains are superlatively evolved to adapt to our environment: a process known as neuroplasticity. Via Tom Perran
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Supernatural books and moves become a way for teens to explore the big questions.
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People aged 18-34 have an average of 319 online connections, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. That’s compared to an average of 198 connections for the 35-46 group. The infographic below shows how the numbers continue to decrease from that age group.
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Here are six reasons why experts say teens' actions in the movie the movie aren't too far off from reality.
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Middle school boys rated reading more valuable as an activity after two months of using an e-reader, according to a new study.
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Young teens who watch a lot of movies featuring alcohol are twice as likely to start drinking compared to peers who watch relatively few such films, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
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A study from Stanford University, published Wednesday, wrestles with a new question: How is all technology affecting the happiness and emotional development of young people?
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Researchers are looking for opportunities to identify adolescents who have problems and to provide support.
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One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study led by a Boston University...
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Sex during adolescent years may affect mood, brain and physical development into adulthood, say scientists who studied teen sex in hamsters.
dajha bishop's curator insight,
May 13, 2013 2:59 PM
i feel this is very true since many teens that are not abstinent expeirence these changs mood, brain and physical development.
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A new study of adolescent cardiovascular health in the US reveals a bleak picture of teens likely to die of heart disease at a younger age than adults do today.
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Do you agree that Smartphones offer more access to explorative opportunities? Is the Internet to blame, or the parenting behind these promiscuous teens? As a parent, how are you monitoring your teen with their cellphone? Are you sure you know what goes on behind closed instant message boxes? Discuss!