Long-term youth unemployment triples in six years: study
By Kylar Loussikian, The Conversation
More than 50,000 young people have been unemployed for more than a year, with the average length of unemployment almost...
Keeping kids in school is not as simple as carrots and sticks
By Linda J. Graham, Queensland University of Technology and Marianne Fenech
The OECD’s 2009 Jobs for Youth report, released on the heels of the global...
Can crows read?
By Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation
A new study found crows were able to ascribe numerical meaning to symbols – in other words, they could read...
Hundreds of genes and link to immune system found in largest genetic schizophrenia study
By Michael O'Donovan, Cardiff University
There are lots of medicines available to help with the symptoms of schizophrenia. Some are a bit more effective than...
Everything is normal again in North Korea as Kim Jong-un returns
By Adam Cathcart, University of Leeds
After a month’s absence from public life, fuelling idle speculation about a possible coup, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...
Will there be enough fish to go around? Not if we follow healthy eating...
By Ruth H. Thurstan, The University of Queensland and Callum Roberts, University of York
Globally, we still catch enough fish to eat – just about....
Japan turns to floating solar islands as it seeks to end reliance on nuclear...
By Jon Major, University of Liverpool
Two companies in Japan recently announced they are to begin building two huge solar power islands that will float...
New kind of organic molecule found in Milky Way’s biggest star factory
By Rene Breton, University of Southampton
One of the many unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth is: where did organic molecules –...
