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Useful news items from around the world of particular interest to Youth Writes users, provided via the Global Geneva Insights Group
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Two Stanford Professors Explain How to Produce Hundreds of World-Changing Ideas In 1 Hour — entrepreneur — 22 November 2022 (LINK)
Sixth grader's art featured on totes from local business — centralmaine — 13 November 2022 (LINK)
Graines de Paix: The ethos of Sowing the seeds of peace in the classroom — genevasolutions — 11 November 2022 (LINK)
Quentin Knight, the Genevois who represents Swiss youth at COP 27 — radiolac — 10 November 2022 (LINK: in French)
Belgian 'child prodigy' starts doctorate at prestigious German institute aged 12 — brusselstimes — 3 November 2022 (LINK)
China outnumbers the U.S. for the first time in ranking of the world's 'best' universities — marketwatch — 26 October 2022 (LINK)
14-year-old from California named America's top young scientist — 3blmedia — 19 October 2022 (LINK)
— Leanne Fan's invention, Finsen Headphones, looks to provide an antibiotic free, low-cost option to detect and treat a mid-ear infection using machine learning and blue light therapy. The use of Finson Headphones could potentially reduce the number of children who suffer from hearing loss by up to 60 percent.
Teenager solves stubborn maths riddle about prime number look-alikes — quantamagazine — 12 October 2022 (LINK)
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: ETH Zurich, down to 27 from 17 — coindesk — 26 September 2022 (LINK)
Many U.S. adults did not learn media literacy skills in high school. What schools can do now — edweek — 10 September 2022 (LINK)
— In a recent Media Literacy Now survey, a significant majority of the people — 84 percent — ssaid they are in favor of state policies that require schools to teach media literacy skills. Fifteen states address media literacy in some way in education law.
High school students invent automatic walker for Parkinson's patients — komonews — 8 September 2022 (LINK)
7 unconventional uses for your Swiss Army knife — esquire — 7 September 2022 (LINK)
5 books that help anyone understand modern finance — nextbigideaclub — 6 September 2022 — (LINK)
This 17-year old created an AI-powered app to help farmers combat invasive species across the world — forbes — 6 September 2022 (LINK)
All the personal-finance books are wrong: they tend to treat their readers like fools without willpower — theatlantic — 1 September 2022 — (LINK)
How much is that influencer worth? The answer may surprise you — thedrum — 31 August 2022 (LINK)
United Nations Young Leaders Online Training Programme — chocnews — 29 August 2022 — (LINK)
Want to live abroad as a digital nomad? This how much you could earn in your job in 38 countries — digitaltrends — 14 August 2022 — (LINK)
— A web developer who wants to be based in Europe can see that they'd be paid more in Switzerland ($88,496) or Denmark ($70,763), as compared to France ($43,757) or the Netherlands ($40,531), and in stark contrast to Greece ($13,492) or Portugal ($15,557).