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Stem cell plea for baby whose symptoms were put down to teething and tonsillitis

Reuben, from Norfolk, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia at just 10 months old.

Evening Standard · Sep 29

Urgent stem cell donor appeal to save baby after doctors miss two cancer symptoms

Reuben was diagnosed with leukaemia at 10 months old after his initial symptoms were mistaken for teething and tonsillitis

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Before You Cut Back Your Perennials, Check Who May Be Living Inside Them

Brown coneflower stalks and dried bee balm may look like garden debris once fall arrives, but to some insects, those hollow stems look more like real estate. Native solitary bees, beneficial wasps, moths, spiders, and other small creatures can use dead plant material for nesting or shelter, which means an…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 29

Put unripe tomatoes stem-side up in a paper bag with a few holes: The setup may help them ripen by keeping ethylene close to the fruit

Harvested tomatoes can continue to ripen thanks to the ethylene gas they emit. For the best results, arrange them in a paper bag with ventilation holes, stem side up. This technique captures the gas, speeding up the ripening while preventing excess moisture. Store the bag in a cool, shaded spot…

The Economic Times · Sep 24

The Love Hypothesis and the rise of romance adaptations: how readers became part of the marketing machine

By the time a romance book reaches the screen, readers have often already built a whole world around it: analysing it, recommending it and imagining its characters. The Love Hypothesis, a romantic comedy set in the world of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) academia, is one such example.

The Conversation · Sep 24

Scientists may have finally figured out why the body fails to heal Alzheimer’s by itself

Accelerated ageing of the blood system found linked to Alzheimer’s

The Independent UK · Sep 24

War hero ‘finds himself needing help from others’ in stem cell transplant appeal

Former RAF Chinook pilot Chris Gordon was given an award for his bravery in 2013.

The Independent UK · Sep 23

British war hero launches appeal for stem cell donor after life-threatening diagnosis

Former RAF Chinook pilot Chris Gordon, 43, received a medal for gallantry from the late Queen in 2013 for his life-saving work during the war in Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Sep 23

How has evolution shaped men’s and women’s minds? A new book tells an outdated story

Psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams’ third book about evolutionary psychology, a controversial field often drawn on (and distorted) by the manosphere, is A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women. It’s primarily interested in three questions.

The Conversation · Sep 23

‘I had never heard of Eswatini’: Deported by the US to a country that rejects them

Migrants previously convicted by US courts have been imprisoned in Africa’s last absolute monarchy, Eswatini, over the past several months. Since being deported from the US, they have found themselves in a country about which they know nothing, and where local residents look on these “criminal” arrivals with suspicion. Their…

France 24 · Sep 23