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Love For Satellite Geodesy As A Way To Make Dreams Come True

After finishing High school, and only 18 at the time, Randa Natras (26) was uncertain about her life career choice. However, her passion for exploring Space, and for math and physics, brought her to studies of the scientific field called Satellite Geodesy. Today, Randa is a recognized young scientist who is discovering how space weather and changes in the ionosphere affect the modern technologies we use on Earth. This year, she was one of only 14 experts  from all around the world who received financial support from the IAG (the International Association for Geodesy) to participate in an important scientific convention in Japan. In an interview with Youth Time magazine, she updates us about her impressions from Japan, her latest research,  and her plans for the future.

Diagnose Disease Through Sniffing: Invention By One Of The Leading Young Scientists

Professor Hossam Haick (41), a scientist at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, has already made an impact on the world and is an inspiration for today’s youth. Best known for inventing the NA-NOSE breath analyzer, used for sniffing out diseases, this man has already made contributions in many areas of science, including Nanotechnology and biomedical devices. In 2007, Hossam appeared on the list of 50 leading Israelis and four award-winning Israeli scientists. In 2008, Hossam appeared on the MIT Technology Review list of 35 leading young scientists in the world. In 2010, he was named one of the 10 Most Promising Young Israeli Scientists and one of the Young Israelis of the Year. In 2013, he received a listing of the "50 Sharpest Israeli Minds" by the Marker. In 2015 he received a listing among the world’s top-100 most influential innovators in Digital Technology for 2015 by Nominet Trust (London, UK). In 2016, he received a listing among the world’s top-100 most influential scientists in the Medical Field for 2016 by the GOOD Magazine (Los Angeles, USA). Additionally, he has received more than 52 prizes and honors. We at Youth Time are privileged to have an interview with him.

Young Adult Novels Every Young Adult Should’ve Read By Now

We are currenly living in the best possible age for young adult novels. This is a time when books written for teenagers are adored equally by every generation. Many are acquainted with names such as Katniss Everdeen and Harry Potter, who quickly became pop sensations. This article will introduce you to another type of YA novels.

Akshay Ruparelia, Millionaire At The Age Of 19 Crashes The Britain’s Real Estate Market

Akshay Ruparelia, Millionaire At The Age Of 19 Crashes The Britain’s Real Estate Market

Don’t let the looks deceive you, because young Akshay (19) from North East London is all but ordinary teenager. This incredible young man had the guts to stand for the business idea he believed in – he sold a first home during the high school lunch break for 99 pounds! About a year ago, Akshay Ruparelia set up an online real estate agency where he sells homes taking commission 10 to 50 times lower than any other agent or company. Investors, staff and customers could not believe that a 17-year old will succeed in his intention to trick the real estate market.

IFEMME: Supporting Women Through Art

IFEMME: Supporting Women Through Art

Sometime ago, YouthTime Correspondent Ekaterina Kuznetsova met Viet Ha Tran, a creative fine art photographer from Vietnam, and interviewed her for our magazine. The amazing life of this businesswoman-by-day and artist-by-night has inspired many YouthTime readers. Taking the next step, Ekaterina now meets Viet Ha for the second time along with her creative partner, Tetyana Kretova, from Ukraine. Viet Ha and Tetyana are colleagues at the IE Business School and have known each other since 2013, when Tetyana started working at IE. As colleagues they have gotten on very well since both are goal-oriented and have ambitious objectives respecting recruiting the best students to study at IE.

What Role Could Technology Play For Sustainability, YTGlobal Expert Prof. Ahmed Explains

With the Youth Global Forum Dubai 2017 just around the corner, Youth Time International Movement continues to interview the experts who will be joining us for this momentous occasion. One of these experts is Prof. Allam Ahmed, Founding Director of Middle Eastern Knowledge Economy Institute and Founding President of World Association for Sustainable Development.

Weekend Picks: Main Works Of Sylvia Plath You Would Be Happy To Discover

Sylvia Plath was an American artist, author, and writer of short stories. Known primarily for poetry, Plath additionally composed a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the nom de plume Lucas. The book's hero, Esther Greenwood, is a brilliant, yearning young woman at Smith College who experiences a mental breakdown while interning for a magazine in New York. The plot parallels Plath's own experience as an intern at Mademoiselle magazine and her subsequent mental breakdown and suicidal tendencies.

Secrets and Mysteries Hidden in Old Masterpieces – Albrecht Duerer

When it comes to Albrecht Dürer, most will surely remember at least one of his works. His self-portrait, significantly reminding the viewer of Jesus, is one of the paintings that art books like to reproduce. Similarly it is with the famous engraving, Adam and Eve, from 1504, or the detailed depiction of a rabbit in watercolour – Young Hare – from 1502. In 1514, however, Dürer created a copperplate titled Melencolia I, which was immediately understood to be a masterpiece.

90% Of Face-To-Face Communication Is Nonverbal – An Interview With The Body Language Expert,...

Lawyers, judges, social workers, sales people, physicians and even law enforcement agencies such as the FBI consult him. Professor David Givens is one of the ultimate body language experts. His subject is so interesting that we shall be publishing his interview in two parts in order to cover as many areas as possible.

Halloween Horror Movies

Halloween Horror Movies

With Halloween just around the corner, we offer you special weekend picks of the best horror movies ever made, with mysterious murders, psychological disorders, conspiracies, haunted places, and excorcisms that  you won’t want to miss. If you are horror fan, read on.

Ten Creepy Places To Visit On Halloween

Ten Creepy Places To Visit On Halloween

For all those who want to try a brand new experience on October 31, this Halloween you might consider visiting one of the reportedly haunted places around the world. Haunted or paranormal places are often connected with unfortunate events, such as murders, and it is an individual question whether you believe the stories are real or figments of someone‘s imagination. The best is to judge for yourself.

Formal Education Of Young EUropeans: Why Go To School?

A this moment, some 80 millions young people are sitting in their classes in high schools across all 28 countries of the European Union (EU). Some of them are following their teachers’ lectures, some other are reading and some of them are studying with their colleagues. But regardless of the fact that at the age of 15, nearly 100 per cents of the EU population is still a part of formal education, education experts across the Union are worried about what young people learn in schools.

Weekend Picks: Everything You Need To Know About Visual Arts

Visual art might seem like a distant topic to those who are given to books, words, and reading. One simply cannot be focused on all the arts at the same time. But, it is advisable to become educated about the visual arts, whether you paint, or just like to visit galleries.

Old Masterpieces – the Jigsaw Puzzles in Pieter Bruegel’s Netherlandish Proverbs Painting

It would be hard to find busier paintings than the works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. His oil painting Netherlandish Proverbs, painted in 1559, can fill a lazy afternoon with a challenge to to identify 112 known – and who knows how many still undiscovered – proverbs that the master blended into a busy but well conceived composition.

Back In The 80s: Best Works Of Milan Kundera

In the 1980s, everyone was into The Unbearable Lightness of Being and other Kundera works, trying to understand what was happening inside the genius’s head. What is the Czech author's place in the world of today – and has it been harmed by his depiction of women?

Fully Funded Emerging Global Leader Scholarship In USA

Young people from all over the globe are welcome to apply for the American University Emerging Global Leader Scholarship. AU EGL promotes educational access and opportunity while enhancing international diversity. The deadline is on 15th of December.

Middle East Adventure: What To Do And See In UAE?

The Global Youth Forum in Dubai, UAE is coming up soon. This means that you will be looking for a good guidebook to Dubai as you will definitely have free time to sightsee and explore the culture of this Arab country. Once you get there you will have to visit the other cities in the United Arab Emirates while having in mind other destinations in the Middle East. The Middle East is a real treasure with a great culture, history, and people, and I will give you an overview of the interesting countries there. So let’s start this guide to the charming world of the Middle East with Dubai and Abu Dhabi, two jewels of “the Kingdom of Oil”.

The Australian National University Excellence Scholarship Program

Those of you who would like to study in Australia are welcome to appy for The Australian National University Excellence Scholarship. The program is available exclusively to international students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The deadline is on 15th of October.

Pacific Prime International Scholarship Program 2017 In Singapore

The Pacific Prime Singapore scholarship offers aspiring students at high school, undergraduate and postgraduate level the opportunity to receive USD $1,000 towards their education-related expenses, including fees, travel, books, etc. The deadline is on 30th of September.

Professor Proposes Allowing Students To Choose Grades To Reduce Stress

We’ve highlighted below some of the most recent developments and occurrences in youth-related news and events.

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Social media (un)safety

Social media has become an irreplaceable part of our lives for more than a decade. In the meantime, they have gained a huge number of fans and just as many opponents.

10 Predictions for Social Media Marketing in 2021

Social Media is now our main source of information. We scroll day by day, infinitely and thirsty for new ways of information. And of course the people behind the social media networks do serve us good, updating their services constantly so that our thirst never gets fed. So what will be new for Social Media Marketing, specifically in 2021?

Free Online Courses – Food as Medicine

Health around the world has been put under the microscope this year, but there are still free and great methods through food. Here are two of the best courses to introduce you to food as medicine.

Generation Climate Europe: Representing 20 Million Young Europeans and Tackling Climate...

An organisation looking to shape the future, we spoke to Generation Climate Europe about how they are tackling issues to support young people.

Seven Must-Have Skills to Succeed as a Social Media Manager

It’s needless to emphasise the role of social media in modern times. We are all aware of its importance for our lives, daily routines and even our choices and behaviors. Given this importance, no wonder people are trying to get a career out of social media knowledge. But what is it that you need in order to succeed?