Youth

Health & Medicine
Opinion
Young people need a say in how we deal with the health impacts of climate change
Youth participation in climate organisations is common, but the hierarchy in healthcare means they are often excluded from discussions about climate and health

Health & Medicine
Teen brains are wired to take risks, but that can be a good thing
Brain imaging is helping us understand why some teenage risk-taking may be beneficial during this important stage of human development

Health & Medicine
The young people getting nature on prescription
The early results of a new trial on ‘nature prescribing’ show promise for helping young people with mild mental illness

Sciences & Technology
Young people are mapping viable futures
Around the world young people are facing multiple challenges and we can learn from their increasingly interconnected and ethical approach to living

Health & Medicine
Young people are making their way through COVID
2020 looked bleak, but Australia’s young people are working hard at getting work – volunteering and connecting to their communities. With the right support, their outlook is bright

Health & Medicine
Adolescence - a critical time to address gender inequality
A major study across 40 countries in Asia and the Pacific reveals the stark gender inequalities faced by adolescents, providing a roadmap for effective action

Arts & Culture
The something in nothing
People have been suspicious of ‘nothing’ going back all the way to the mathematical idea of “zero.” Yet there is real value in “nothing” and we need to appreciate it more.

Politics & Society
Youth, waiting and action during Covid-19
COVID-19 has pitched many young people into limbo. But waiting can be the seedbed for new social action, and young people are responding actively and creatively to bewildering change

Health & Medicine
The young Australians hit hard during COVID-19
For governments and policy makers, COVID-19 is a chance to address the existing problems for younger Australian workers as youth unemployment looks set to peak

Education
The young and curious: How Science Gallery can break down silos
An innovative longitudinal study will explore and challenge what young people want from their cultural institutions