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Charity scheme seeks to widen access to science careers

14 March 2018

Social mobility and the STEM subjects are not easy bedfellows in the UK. In2scienceUK is aiming to change that through research placements


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Long haul with a free conscience

14 February 2018

Gone West is offering travellers and businesses a simple way to reduce their carbon footprints


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Supporting young African scientists

17 January 2018

UNESCO and Merck have combined to offer opportunites for scientific collaboration and development


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Stopping rabies in its tracks

13 December 2017

A co-ordinated approach to vaccination is stopping the disease spreading in Nepal


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Put your best foot forward to help animal conservation

15 November 2017

Animal footprints can help in the fight to save endangered species. Wild Track would like your help to collect images and develop its footprint identification technique


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Broken faces of the Great War

18 October 2017

Men who became guinea pigs for cosmetic surgery are to be recognised with a memorial in the UK


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Supersonic car project aims to carry kids to a scientific future

27 September 2017

Bloodhound is using its world land speed record attempt to inspire the next generation of UK scientists and engineers through workshops run by its charity arm


Legs 4 Africa

Helping people walk again with donated prostheses in West Africa

13 September 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa has a high incidence of leg amputation but very little access to prostheses or support. Legs4Africa is attempting to change that


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Bringing the Royal Observatory at Greenwich back to life

16 August 2017

For the first time in 60 years astronomy could be reborn in one of its most iconic locations, the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London


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Children run Everest Marathon after quake destroys their home

26 July 2017

The Himalayan Youth Foundation is raising funds to help rebuild the Kailash Children’s Home in Kathmandu after an earthquake in 2015


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