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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

Where do we get exposed to PFAS and how can we remove them?

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Hydrogen makes itself at home

Hydrogen can revolutionise clean energy, transport, decarbonise industrial processes … and cook your dinner.

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Did space give Earth the spark of life? OSIRIS-REx might tell us

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will allow scientists to put asteroid Bennu under the microscope and perhaps answer questions about the origins of life on Earth.

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Who’s afraid of quantum computing?

The road to a quantum future may be longer and more winding than some expect, but the potential it holds is profound.

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The race to improve DNA sequencing

Cost, availability and sample preservation are the main concerns but progress is rapid.

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DNA could ensure strawberry fields forever

Advances in the field are revolutionary but require safeguards to curb misuse.

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New plastics prepare for takeoff

Plant-based plastics are only just starting to be more widely accepted. But challenges remain.

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Who’s afraid of quantum computing?

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