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Teacher Wins $1M Prize for Turning India's Slums Into Hundreds of Open-Air Classrooms
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (588+ words) An Indian teacher who has established more than 800 learning centers across India for children who have never attended school has been named the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Prize from GEMS Education. Located in over 100 slums and villages, Rouble…...
Childbirths and Marriages Are Up and Divorces Are Down in World’s Least Fertile Country
2+ week, 1+ day ago (299+ words) At 0.77 children per woman in 2025, South Korea was the world's least fertile country. Perhaps heralding a reversal of fortune, though, childbirths have grown at the fastest pace in 18 years on the Peninsula, with a 6.2% increase totaling 233,708 babies between January and…...
Successful World First: Baby Treated with Personalized CRISPR Gene Therapy for Rare Disease is Now âThrivingâ
2+ week, 4+ day ago (511+ words) CRISPR has been used to create a genetic therapy option for a child born in Pennsylvania with a rare metabolic disorder. Unable to convert ammonia to urea, newborn KJ was in serious risk of brain or liver damage, and had…...
Fiancé Surprises His Bride with Wedding Shower in the Preschool Where They First Met as Toddlers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (305+ words) Engaged to be wed this month, a young Texan wrangled the support of an entire preschool class to throw his fianc'e a surprise bridal shower. Walking into her preschool class at Shlenker school in Houston, Zoe Kampf was surprised by…...
Mom and Baby Beat 1-in-a-Million Odds to Survive the ‘Rarest of Pregnancies’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (578+ words) A Los Angeles woman recently celebrated the first Christmas with her baby boy, Ryu, born to truly remarkable circumstances. Ryu developed outside his mother's womb, and remained hidden for months behind an ovarian cyst that grew to be the size…...
Tiny Baby Born With Hands Smaller Than a Fingertip is Now Home After a Year–And Developing Normally
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (683+ words) A premature baby, born so tiny his hand was smaller than his dad's fingertip, is finally home and healthy after a year in the hospital. Gabriel Golden was born weighing one pound in September 2024 after just 22 weeks gestation. He endured…...
Couple Who Started IVF Last Christmas Day Welcomed a Baby After 11 Year Battle
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (370+ words) A couple who started IVF last Christmas Day has given birth to a baby boy after 11 years of trying to conceive. Helen Delgard was warned she may never be able to conceive naturally with her husband Stephane, but following a…...
Chopstick Robot Building Kit Delighting Underfunded STEM Classes Around the World
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (544+ words) In Singapore, a pair of self-described "tinkerers" have made headlines around the world for their simple educational toy set to help low-income families introduce their children to robotics. More than just robotics, the stick-in-socket building set encourages kids to manifest…...
Boy Sent to Christmas Nativity Show as Elvis Instead of Elf After Family Mix-up
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (507+ words) When 9-year-old Oscar Wilkins heard he'd been given the role of "Elvis the Elf' in the nativity play at his primary school last week, the alliteration left him confused over what to tell his parents. Coming home, Oscar's sister said…...
Patients Thought Untreatable with Rare Disease Dramatically Improve with Common Gene Therapy
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) A single-dose gene replacement therapy is found to transform the capabilities for movement in children over 2 years of age and teenagers with spinal muscular atrophy, according to research published in Nature Medicine. The effects allowed these minors who could sit…...