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It takes a village to get more students interested in science, technology

Falling behind in education jeopardizes the future competitiveness of the region and country, especially in STEM fields where the U.S. already lags some other nations.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mum's devastating diagnosis saw her spend Christmas in isolation

Emma Leeming started feeling tired, but she thought it was normal - until she started getting agonising chest pains

Wales Online

Brave Scots mum announces own death in online post after cancer mistaken for 'trapped nerve'

Judith Green, a craft business owner from West Lothian, tirelessly campaigned to recruit new stem cell donors after being diagnosed with myeloma in August 2019.

Daily Record

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Pakistan gets a new army chief, but will he play the old game?

General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s new military chief, took command this week amid security and economic crises and a deepening political rift between opposition leader Imran Khan and the government. Can the new man on the job stem the chaos, and would that entail the old way of doing military business…

France 24

The bacteria that causes leprosy can also help regrow human livers

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that M. leprae rejuvenated livers, coaxing these organs to grow dramatically.

Inverse

Banks stronger now than in GFC: RBA

A senior RBA official says the financial system would have been in strife during the COVID-19 pandemic if it were still as fragile as in 2007.

AAP

Teacher feels ‘unbelievably lucky’ after brother saved her life with transplant

Kate Corney was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2014 and is currently in remission.

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Chinese official blames excessive implementation for complaints on COVID curbs

Public complaints about China's COVID-19 curbs stem from overzealous implementation, particularly when applied with a one-size-fits-all approach, rather than from the measures themselves, a senior health official said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Trial to assess best course of treatment for patients with MS

Researchers are pitting cutting-edge treatments against one another.

The Independent UK

NHS launches stem cell bid to defeat multiple sclerosis in world-first treatment

Stem cell transplants may revolutionise treatment for the country’s most common cause of severe disability in young adults. MS affects 100,000 people in the UK, leading to life in a wheelchair

Daily Mirror

MS patients turn to crowdfunding and mortgage draws to get disease-halting treatment overseas

This South Australian woman has less than two months to raise more than $90,000 to receive a bone-marrow stem cell transplant she hopes will halt the advancement of the disease.

ABC News

Math disparities start in kindergarten

Socioeconomic status greatly affects math scores, and this disparity starts in the first years of schooling

Salon

Calls for tougher fines after latest Telstra scandal

Australia's biggest telcos must be handed larger fine to stem a growing tide of failures by the likes of Telstra, a leading advocate says.

The New Daily

I asked the world’s top CEOs if they’re taking diversity seriously. Here’s why their answers could change your life

Corporate culture has entered the fourth phase in its history: the integration of purpose and profit, writes Robert Reiss.

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Wales Online

Single mum with MS went from renovating her home to needing a mobility scooter in two years

Jade Taylor is hoping to raise £37,500 by February so she can go to Mexico for stem cell treatment

Radio France Internationale

French riot police deployed to Mayotte as gang violence spirals out of control

France has sent a team of special riot police to the the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to stem a wave of violence between rival gangs. One person has been killed and several injured during 10 days of clashes.

Al Jazeera

Shunned by the West, Russia’s IT sector goes on the defensive

Russia has tried to stem a brain drain by offering IT workers new benefits, but some fear the industry is doomed.

Los Angeles Times

He was a young tech entrepreneur, and Kanye West wanted to partner with him. What could go wrong?

Alex Klein's tech inventions have passed through the hands of some of the most powerful people in government, music and business. Barack Obama, Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have all touted the 32-year-old Londoner's music-creation devices,…

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Newcastle Herald

Meet Newcastle uni's latest STEM superstar

The work of University of Newcastle physics lecturer Dr Karen Livesey will be highlighted in a national program designed to boost the visibility of women in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) fields.

The Conversation

Disparities in advanced math and science skills begin by kindergarten

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

Wales Online

Schools need to start teaching AI as demand for tech skills will boom 40%

The research comes as Amazon launches the inaugural Alexa Young Innovator Challenge

The New Daily

World first: Two people get lab-grown blood cells

In a world first clinical trial, red blood cells that were grown in a laboratory have been transfused into two people.

Reuters

Biden to discuss North Korea nuclear threat with Japan, South Korea leaders

President Joe Biden will meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol during an upcoming trip to Asia to discuss how to stem North Korea's nuclear program, a White House official said on Wednesday.

The Conversation

Tunisia's once-vibrant democracy is on its deathbed: but it can be saved

One of the lessons the 21st century is bringing home is that the winners of elections can gradually kill democracies. Healthy democracies have institutional checks and balances which act as a restraint on elected governments. The key institutions include parliament and independent judicial systems.

Nottingham Post

Sherwood Observatory hopes to bring in 20,000 visitors with new 'fantastic' attraction

The project aims to get young people interested in STEM subjects

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