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Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes lifelong suffering – here’s what you need to know

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy travelling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to be breathed out of your lungs.

The Conversation

50% more women in higher education in India, but fewer choose engineering, IT

Despite steady growth in women's enrollment in higher education in India, a disparity persists between engineering and technology-related courses and other disciplines.

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Field Faults: Holding Sports Venues Accountable for Player and Spectator Injuries

Stadiums function as spaces of exhilaration but also pose dangers for both spectators and competitors. Poor maintenance and deficient safety systems can lead to severe injuries, holding stadium owners or operators legally accountable. This post ...

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California wildfires force students to think about the connections between STEM and society

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them

Ofsted, England’s education inspectorate, has proposed changes to the way it assesses schools, colleges and universities that offer teacher training. The suggested changes include the move to a report-card system rather than a headline judgment.

The Conversation

Mark Zuckerberg wants business to ‘man up’, but what it really needs is more women entrepreneurs

By claiming workplaces need to “man up”, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is ignoring one of the biggest untapped opportunities for economic growth – women entrepreneurs.

The Conversation

What is a Hall effect keyboard, and do you need one?

Magnetic Hall effect keyboards are taking over the market - here's what they do and whether you should be taking note.

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How to reproduce with two fathers – and no biological mother

At the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, held in March 2023 at the Francis Crick Institute in London, Japanese researcher Katsuhiko Hayashi stunned attendees when he explained how he had successfully reproduced mice from two male parents.

The Conversation

Billionaire’s record $100m donation to University of Sydney aims to increase diversity in Stem sector

Tech founder Robin Khuda wants to make ‘positive societal impact’ by increasing opportunities for women in sector where he made his fortune

The Guardian - AU

US tariffs on Mexico to be paused for a month, Donald Trump confirms

Mexico will reinforce its northern border to stem flow of illegal drugs

Evening Standard

Ugandan health authorities are set to begin an Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala

The Independent UK

Money disorders signal a broken system

Some harmful financial behaviors are a response to systemic inequity, financial planners say

Salon

Call for stem cell donor to give baby girl a ‘second chance at life’

When she was just four weeks old Dolcie-Mae Edwards-Raymond was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder.

The Independent UK

Conservatives fighting to stem loss of high-value donors to Reform UK

Kemi Badenoch expected to appear at party’s London conference, where wealthy donors have been invited to evening drinks

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£1.65m gene-editing therapy offers hope of cure for some blood disorder patients

The treatment uses gene-editing tool Crispr, which earned its inventors the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2020.

LiveScience

'Breakthrough' stem-cell patches stabilized woman's heart as she awaited transplant

A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed stem-cell-derived heart tissue grafts.

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Tonsils can grow back after they’ve been removed – here’s which other body parts can regenerate

The human body is composed of over 37 trillion cells, each with a limited lifespan. These cells are continuously replaced to maintain organ and system function. Yet over time, or as a result of damage, the number of functioning cells can decrease to a level that causes symptoms or even…

LiveScience

Chinese scientists created mice with 2 dads — and they survived to adulthood

By modifying 20 regions of the genome, scientists successfully bred mice with two male parents and raised them to maturity.

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DeepSeek: China’s gamechanging AI system has big implications for UK tech development

DeepSeek sent ripples through the global tech landscape this week as it soared above ChatGPT in Apple’s app store. The meteoric rise has shifted the dynamics of US-China tech competition, shocked global tech stock valuations, and reshaped the future direction of artificial intelligence (AI) development.

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5 signs your HVAC system needs replacing – and the crucial formula to figure out if it's worth repairing or not

These are the telltale signs that repairs will no longer cut it

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How to Propagate a ZZ Plant — 3 Simple Techniques That Will Double (or Triple) Your Houseplant

A nursery isn't the only place to grow your houseplant collection — try these propagation methods for infinite ZZ plants

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A golden ticket – how STEM Racing continues to prepare students for a career in engineering

“I’ve always been passionate about engineering, always loved the smell of engineering” – that, in a nutshell, is at the heart of why Andrew Denford launched a not-for-profit STEM competition for students that has now flourished into a worldwide programme and retains the support of Formula 1.

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How to Prune Monstera — Horticulturists Say There Are 3 Ways to Cut Back These Structural Green Plants

It might sound counterintuitive, but cutting back your Swiss Cheese plant could be the secret to fuller-looking foliage

The Guardian - AU

What are the NSW hate speech laws under consideration after Sydney’s recent antisemitic attacks?

Council for Civil Liberties says Minns government is at risk of making ‘reactionary’ legislation as pressure mounts to stem further attacks

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Tour Down Under tech gallery part 2: Aero tyres, brand new wheels, and aggressive frame details

The second instalment of our Tour Down Under tech gallery is here with even more tech insights

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