Podcast appearances and mentions of Helen Pearson

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire and Berkshire podcast, Dave catches up with Oxford's newly reformed 90's indie band Beaker, Alex sits down with Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd, our Connections series contines - where bands recommend bands - this week Hannah gets to know Tiger Mendoza, and there's a rare bit of music news about Oxford's Elmiene! Plus, there's all the latest new music from Oxfordshire and BerkshireHere's this week's tracklist: • The Amazons - Pitch Black Orchid - Idols Hannah Jane Lewis - Heart Racer Rila's Edge - Pimlico Road Rose Rey - Wasted On You (Midnight Version) Santa Carla - Unireverse Sebastian Reynolds - How To Move Forward Myles Smith - Stargazing (Live at BBC Maida Vale) Gardna & Jayahadadream - Fine Art Niki Kini - WATCH YOUR BACK Elmiene - Marking My Time (live at Eurosonic 2024) Eva Gadd - I Don't Talk Beaker - Driving Marcus Y. - Suite for Electronics: I. Prelude Harpy - Born To Destroy Emmeline - If My Life Was a Movie Produced by A24 Forlorn - Spirit Tiger Mendoza -Rare Thing (feat. Helen Pearson) z-x - Bunny Re:O - The Haunted Wynona - Girl in the Computer • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

Blackberries and brambles, falling backwards, sewing machine, a mum's grace, foxes, beating cancer, album photography, autism, a world exclusive collaboration with Tiger Mendoza. Warren welcomes Helen Pearson into Sunnybrook Studio near the mighty River Thames, where the Red Kites soar on the thermals and gaze across Oxford's dreaming spires. The beautiful acoustic guitars and otherworldly voices wrap us up in a warm and peaceful loving embrace. Thank you for listening. You can find out more about Helen Pearson here: https://helenpearson.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/2R4qJWKa0Oe3vpi6GSa5Xb?si=V8ILoJ5VSsCP0VzyrXw7Eg @helenpearsonmusic - Intsagram Recorded by Stefano - @il_maio0 on Instagram Mixed by Tiger Mendoza - @tigermendoza on Instagram; https://www.tigermendoza.co.uk/ Photos by @ianhanhamphotos (instagram) can be found on the @shedtreasurs Instagram page.

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In this episode we're joined by special guest Helen Pearson, a speech and language therapist who works with children and young people. We discuss social communication with a particular focus on autistic children. Hosts: Salise Dourmoush and Adam Friel, Geldards Website: www.geldards.com Producer: Darren Evans, Petersens PR Music: Sunshine by lemonmusicstudio

PCR researchers Dr Toby Phesse and Dr Helen Pearson chat to Ben about their research project investigating whether blocking certain signals in the body can stop prostate cancer from spreading to other parts of the body.

Pitch a TV Show Podcast - Launch, a reality TV show about sailing. Helen Pearson, a court administrator from the UK, wants to make a reality TV show about sailing. For bonus material and to pitch your own idea visit http://www.steveblears.co.uk/pitch-a-tv-show-podcast The show is hosted and produced by TV director and producer Steve Blears, ©2020 Bit Famous Ltd. https://twitter.com/steveblears

Nature is the premier weekly journal of science, the journal where specialists go to read and publish primary research in their fields. But Nature is also a science magazine, a combination unusual in journal publishing because in an issue of Nature, research stands side by side with editorials, news and feature reporting, and opinion articles. In fact, over two-thirds of the pieces Nature publishes are journalism and opinion content. This is the remit of Helen Pearson. Helen Pearson is Chief Magazine Editor of Nature. After her PhD, Helen wanted a "broader view" of science, and so she chose science journalism. Helen has written award-winning journalism, and she is the author of The Life Project, voted 2016's best science book by The Observer and a best book of the year by The Economist. Today, Helen can look back on a distinguished career at Nature, where she continues to make a significant contribution to conversations around and in the scientific communities Nature aims to reach. Scholarly Communications is the podcast series about how knowledge gets known. Scholarly Communications adheres to the principle that research improves when scholars better understand their role as communicators. Give scholars more opportunities to learn about publishing, and scholars will communicate their research better. Daniel Shea, heads Scholarly Communications, a Special Series on the New Books Network. Daniel is Director of the Writing Program at Heidelberg University, Germany. Just write Daniel.Shea@zsl.uni-heidelberg.de Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nature is the premier weekly journal of science, the journal where specialists go to read and publish primary research in their fields. But Nature is also a science magazine, a combination unusual in journal publishing because in an issue of Nature, research stands side by side with editorials, news and feature reporting, and opinion articles. In fact, over two-thirds of the pieces Nature publishes are journalism and opinion content. This is the remit of Helen Pearson. Helen Pearson is Chief Magazine Editor of Nature. After her PhD, Helen wanted a "broader view" of science, and so she chose science journalism. Helen has written award-winning journalism, and she is the author of The Life Project, voted 2016's best science book by The Observer and a best book of the year by The Economist. Today, Helen can look back on a distinguished career at Nature, where she continues to make a significant contribution to conversations around and in the scientific communities Nature aims to reach. Scholarly Communications is the podcast series about how knowledge gets known. Scholarly Communications adheres to the principle that research improves when scholars better understand their role as communicators. Give scholars more opportunities to learn about publishing, and scholars will communicate their research better. Daniel Shea, heads Scholarly Communications, a Special Series on the New Books Network. Daniel is Director of the Writing Program at Heidelberg University, Germany. Just write Daniel.Shea@zsl.uni-heidelberg.de Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nature is the premier weekly journal of science, the journal where specialists go to read and publish primary research in their fields. But Nature is also a science magazine, a combination unusual in journal publishing because in an issue of Nature, research stands side by side with editorials, news and feature reporting, and opinion articles. In fact, over two-thirds of the pieces Nature publishes are journalism and opinion content. This is the remit of Helen Pearson. Helen Pearson is Chief Magazine Editor of Nature. After her PhD, Helen wanted a "broader view" of science, and so she chose science journalism. Helen has written award-winning journalism, and she is the author of The Life Project, voted 2016's best science book by The Observer and a best book of the year by The Economist. Today, Helen can look back on a distinguished career at Nature, where she continues to make a significant contribution to conversations around and in the scientific communities Nature aims to reach. Scholarly Communications is the podcast series about how knowledge gets known. Scholarly Communications adheres to the principle that research improves when scholars better understand their role as communicators. Give scholars more opportunities to learn about publishing, and scholars will communicate their research better. Daniel Shea, heads Scholarly Communications, a Special Series on the New Books Network. Daniel is Director of the Writing Program at Heidelberg University, Germany. Just write Daniel.Shea@zsl.uni-heidelberg.de Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nature is the premier weekly journal of science, the journal where specialists go to read and publish primary research in their fields. But Nature is also a science magazine, a combination unusual in journal publishing because in an issue of Nature, research stands side by side with editorials, news and feature reporting, and opinion articles. In fact, over two-thirds of the pieces Nature publishes are journalism and opinion content. This is the remit of Helen Pearson. Helen Pearson is Chief Magazine Editor of Nature. After her PhD, Helen wanted a "broader view" of science, and so she chose science journalism. Helen has written award-winning journalism, and she is the author of The Life Project, voted 2016's best science book by The Observer and a best book of the year by The Economist. Today, Helen can look back on a distinguished career at Nature, where she continues to make a significant contribution to conversations around and in the scientific communities Nature aims to reach. Scholarly Communications is the podcast series about how knowledge gets known. Scholarly Communications adheres to the principle that research improves when scholars better understand their role as communicators. Give scholars more opportunities to learn about publishing, and scholars will communicate their research better. Daniel Shea, heads Scholarly Communications, a Special Series on the New Books Network. Daniel is Director of the Writing Program at Heidelberg University, Germany. Just write Daniel.Shea@zsl.uni-heidelberg.de Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nature is the premier weekly journal of science, the journal where specialists go to read and publish primary research in their fields. But Nature is also a science magazine, a combination unusual in journal publishing because in an issue of Nature, research stands side by side with editorials, news and feature reporting, and opinion articles. In fact, over two-thirds of the pieces Nature publishes are journalism and opinion content. This is the remit of Helen Pearson. Helen Pearson is Chief Magazine Editor of Nature. After her PhD, Helen wanted a "broader view" of science, and so she chose science journalism. Helen has written award-winning journalism, and she is the author of The Life Project, voted 2016's best science book by The Observer and a best book of the year by The Economist. Today, Helen can look back on a distinguished career at Nature, where she continues to make a significant contribution to conversations around and in the scientific communities Nature aims to reach. Scholarly Communications is the podcast series about how knowledge gets known. Scholarly Communications adheres to the principle that research improves when scholars better understand their role as communicators. Give scholars more opportunities to learn about publishing, and scholars will communicate their research better. Daniel Shea, heads Scholarly Communications, a Special Series on the New Books Network. Daniel is Director of the Writing Program at Heidelberg University, Germany. Just write Daniel.Shea@zsl.uni-heidelberg.de Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being a parent can feel tricky, complex and overwhelming. However, being a good parent can be a lot simpler than we think.According to the longest study of human development many of the best indicators of how children will turn out are actually quite straight-forward, such as being emotionally warm towards them, reading to them daily, taking excursions with them, and talking with and listening to our kids.This week we tackle how we work at being present with our children, talking to them sincerely and listening to them intentionally.The Stat of the Week comes from the same research source, The British Cohort Study. You can also check out the TED talk from Helen Pearson.Be sure to share this with a friend who needs some encouragement, who might benefit from this conversation on talking with and listening to our kids, or who just needs a good laugh at our expense. You can join the Growing Up with Kids community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, or connect with us on our website: www.growingupwithkidspodcast.com

On this week's episode Helen Pearson, chief magazine editor for Nature, tells us about what consumer-focused publications can learn about community from the journal’s focus on supporting scientists, the changing expectations of younger audiences, and the challenge of making research open to all while also supporting the authors and journalists. In the news roundup, the team discusses the UK launch of Netflix 'competitor' BritBox, the surprise return of Smash Hits, and Hearst's latest micro-membership scheme. Peter sings The Spice Girls' greatest hits.

In this series we’re learning about identity by asking a foundational question, “Who am I?” We want to better understand how culture and social conditioning have influenced our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. What should we embrace at our core? What lies do we get rid of? And perhaps most importantly, what do we pass on to our kids? The answers are complicated, often difficult, yet uplifting all at once. In this episode we’re following the theme of this series by asking “How to do we help our kids answer the Who Am I? questions of race, sexuality/gender, and spiritual & religious identity for themselves, with as much clarity and authenticity as possible?” We talk about how being raised fundamentalist gave us all the "answers," so that when we left the framework of that paradigm, we had nothing left. We've had to parent ourselves through these questions and feel somewhat ill-equipped to help our kids with them. Laura shares some of the parenting research she dug up in the last week, which turns out to be deceptively simple. The most important thing is a warm, trusting, emotionally-connected/involved relationship with your kids. We talk about how our respective gender socialization has made that easier or harder for us, and what we want to do to change things. Next, we get specific about three areas of identity where we want to parent with more intentionality: Race/Culture, Sexuality/Gender, and Religion/Spirituality. Our overarching goal is to know and celebrate who they are as individuals, rather than trying to stuff them into a particular set of expectations we have for them, and to remain flexible as they evolve. We end with a teaser: we went to a new church and we kinda liked it! We'll talk about it on the next episode: our wrap-up of the Identity series.Support Glimmering PodcastLinks:How do your parenting methods affect your child's future? | Kobe University — This study from Kobe University in Japan, found that "people who had experienced “supportive” child-rearing where parents paid them a lot of positive attention reported high salaries, academic success, and high levels of happiness."Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson - YouTube — Science journalist Helen Pearson shares some important findings and simple truths about life and good parenting. Her book, Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of 70,000 Ordinary Lives is a fascinating, conversational look into the British Birth Cohort studies.Raising religious kids: The pros and cons — Quartz — This is a good roundup of a lot of recent science around religiosity in families, written in very accessible lay language.

Laura Richards and Rachel Horman, award winning lawyer and Chair of Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service, take a deep dive into the subject of stalking.Laura and Rachel discuss many cases including the five year stalking campaign waged on Helen Pearson which escalated to attempted murder, the case of Justene Reece and Dr Alison Hewitt who was stalked by a narcissistic psychopath and narrowly survived. Many of our listeners have written in with questions about what to do if you are being stalked and we have responded. This is a special episode to mark National Stalking Awareness Week in the UK.#NSAW2018#KnowTheLaw#UseTheLaw#Stalking#ReportingStalking Rachel Horman BiographyRachel Horman is a Solicitor and Head of the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Forced Marriage Department at Watson Ramsbottom Ltd. With over 20 years experience Rachel is also the Chair of the charity Paladin, the National Stalking Advocacy Service Rachel regularly advises clients on how to increase the chances of obtaining a successful prosecution for stalking as well as advising in relation to civil options.She was highly commended in the Female Lawyer of the Year Category at the Law Society Excellence Awards 2016, won the Eva Business Award 2016, the Jordans Family Law Partner of the Year Award in 2014 and the National Family Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award in 2012 as recognition of her work in these areas.Rachel writes a poplar blog rachelhorman.co.uk where she comments on new developments or gaps in the law around Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour Based Violence.Please include (same as Clive pod)6 Golden Rules If You Are Being Stalked R - report it to police. Stalking is a crime. Tell people what's happening to you.E - evidence collection. Save and retain all evidence.P - practical advice from experts like Paladin and the National Stalking Helpline. O - overview of what's going on. Keep a diary with the time, date, stamp of the behaviour.R - risk screening questions. Anderson 12 S-DASH questions.T - Trust your instinct. Www.paladinservice.co.uk@paladinserviceAdvice for Victims and Stalking Lawhttps://paladinservice.co.uk/advice-for-victims/DV La Reform and Coercive Control Guidance https://paladinservice.co.uk/harassment-legislation/domestic-violence-campaign/HMIC/CPS Inspection Report in to the PÓlice and Crown Prosecution Response to Stalking https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/publications/living-in-fear-the-police-and-cps-response-to-harassment-and-stalking/Petition for Serial Stalkers Sign the petition for serial stalkers and domestic violence perpetrators to be included on the sex offenders registerhttps://paladinservice.co.uk/serial-perpetrator-register-and-order/Alison Hewitt’s Book- Stalked https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stalked-dangerous-predator-terrifying-story-ebook/dp/B00LB89SI0Please visit watsonramsbottom.com and paladinservice.co.uk

For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and healthy while others struggle. It's the longest-running study of human development in the world, and it's produced some of the best-studied people on the planet while changing the way we live, learn and parent. Reviewing this remarkable research, science journalist Helen Pearson shares some important findings and simple truths about life and good parenting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

70 Jahre lang haben britische Wissenschaftler tausende Kinder in ihrem Leben begleitet, um herauszufinden warum manche gücklich und gesund sind und andere es so schwer haben. Diese am längsten laufende Studie der menschlichen Entwicklung, während der sich unsere Art zu Leben, Lernen und Erziehen veränderte, hat einige der am besten untersuchten Menschen der Welt hervorgebracht. Die Wissenschaftsjournalistin Helen Pearson nutzt diese bemerkenswerte Studie, um uns die wichtigsten Ergebnisse und grundlegende Wahrheiten über das Leben und gute Erziehung mitzuteilen.

Durante los últimos 70 años los científicos en Gran Bretaña han estado estudiando a miles de niños a lo largo de sus vidas para descubrir por qué algunos acaban de adultos siendo felices y sanos mientras que otros tienen problemas. Es el estudio longitudinal de desarrollo humano de mayor duración en el mundo, ha producido algunas de las personas mejor estudiadas del planeta, mientras que va cambiando la forma de vivir, aprender y ser padres. Al revisar esta notable investigación, la periodista científica Helen Pearson comparte algunos hallazgos importantes y verdades simples sobre la vida y la buena educación de los hijos.

지난 70년 동안, 영국의 학자들은 수천 명의 아이들의 삶을 연구해 어째서 일부는 행복하고 건강하게 살지만 나머지는 힘들게 살아가는지 그 이유를 알아내고자 했습니다. 이는 인류 역사를 통틀어 전 세계에서 가장 오랫동안 진행된 연구이며, 우리가 살아가고, 배우고, 육아하는 방식을 바꾸면서 지구상에서 가장 잘 연구된 사람들을 만들어 냈습니다. 이 대단한 연구를 되짚어보며, 과학 저널리스트 헬렌 피어슨은 좋은 육아와 삶에 대한 중요한 연구결과와 단순한 진실을 공유합니다.

Nos últimos 70 anos, os cientistas britânicos têm estudado milhares de crianças ao longo da vida para descobrir por que algumas acabam felizes e saudáveis enquanto outras sofrem. É o estudo mais longo sobre desenvolvimento humano no mundo, que resultou nas pessoas mais bem estudadas do planeta e mudou o modo como vivemos, aprendemos e criamos filhos. Ao rever esta pesquisa impressionante, a cientista e jornalista Helen Pearson compartilha algumas descobertas importantes e verdades simples sobre a vida e uma boa criação.

For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and healthy while others struggle. It's the longest-running study of human development in the world, and it's produced some of the best-studied people on the planet while changing the way we live, learn and parent. Reviewing this remarkable research, science journalist Helen Pearson shares some important findings and simple truths about life and good parenting.

Au cours des 70 dernières années, des scientifiques en Grande-Bretagne ont étudié des milliers d'enfants au cours de leur vie pour découvrir pourquoi certains finissent heureux et en bonne santé alors que d'autres ont des difficultés. C'est la plus longue étude sur le développement humain au monde et elle a produit les personnes les plus étudiées de la planète tout en changeant notre façon de vivre, d'apprendre et d'être un parent. En analysant cette recherche remarquable, la journaliste scientifique Helen Pearson partage des découvertes importantes et des vérités simples sur la vie et le fait d'être un bon parent.

This week we're diving deep into the history and current state of some of the largest and longest running studies in the world. We speak with science journalist, Chief Magazine Editor for Nature, and author Helen Pearson about her book "The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of 70,000 Ordinary Lives" and the history of the long-running series of British longitudinal cohort studies. And we'll talk with Professor Parminder Raina about the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging an what it's like to be at the beginning of a cohort study that could run for decades.

Lynsey Hanley is the author of 'Estate: An intimate History' and 'Respectable: the experience of class'. She is a regular contributor to the Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement. Helen Pearson is a science journalist and editor for the international science journal Nature. She has been writing for Nature since 2001 and her stories have won accolades including the 2010 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award and two best feature awards from the Association of British Science Writers. Based in London, she has a PhD in genetics and spent eight of her years with Nature in New York.

The British Birth Cohort Studies are often described as ‘the jewel in the crown’ of British science. They are used on a daily basis by life course researchers at ICLS to try to better understand how life gets under our skin and to help policy makers, practitioners and the public know when and how to act to help people live long, healthy and happy lives. In this episode of the Lifecourse Podcast, author of The Life Project and Nature Magazine’s Chief Features Editor, Helen Pearson talks about how the cohort studies have touched all our lives and reflects on ICLS research findings presented in the booklet, Never too early, Never too Late. www.ucl.ac.uk/icls/publications/booklets/N2EN2L

Science journalist Helen Pearson reveals insights and from five birth cohort studies of over 70,000 people begun in 1940s Britain. These rich findings have been brought together for the first time and help form the basis of how we understand inequality and health today.

Performance poet Hollie McNish has written a book and a series of poems about motherhood. Composer Emily Hall has been commissioned to write a childrens' opera for Hull 2017. Scientist Helen Pearson has researched and written about the longest runnning study of human development. Edwina Attlee is a writer with an interest in launderettes, sleeper trains, fire escapes, greasy spoons, postcards, and the working lives of women. She'll be sharing audio tales from the National Life Stories Archive at the British Library, where women talk about working lives spent on oil rigs, in steel plants, and a host of other places. Ailsa Grant Ferguson has studied Dorothy Leigh's 'Mother's Blessing', which was the bestselling book by a woman of the 17th century. They join Anne McElvoy for a programme for International Women's Day which looks at the ways in which everyday experiences in the lives of women feed into creativity. Helen Pearson is the author of The Life Project: The extraordinary story of 70,000 Ordinary Lives. Hollie McNish is the author of Nobody Told Me: The Poetry of Parenthood. You can find more on her website Holliepoetry.com Emily Hall's compositions include the operas Folie a Deux, Sante and a children's opera for Hull 2017. Song Cycles including Love Songs and Life Cycle and a whole range of compositions for chamber ensembles, string quartets, orchestras and soloists. http://www.emilyhall.co.uk/ Producer: Jane Thurlow

On Start the Week Mary-Ann Sieghart asks why some people succeed while others fail. She talks to the journalist Helen Pearson about the Life Project, a study of the health, wellbeing and life chances of thousands of British children, started in 1946. The television producer Joseph Bullman also charts a series of families back to the Victorian times to look at social mobility through the generations. The psychologist Oliver James wades into the nature/ nurture debate by arguing that we are the result of our environment and upbringing, but the scientist Marcus Munafò says there is increasing evidence of genetic links to who we are and what we do. Producer: Katy Hickman.

This is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news. A proposed legal ban on the use of surrogate mothers has been scrapped after lawmakers raised objections over the effectiveness of such a move. Officials had initially included the ban in a draft amendment to the nation's Law on Population and Family Planning. Yet after a routine review, the top legislature removed the provision before approving the final draft. Other amendments in the approved draft included allowing couples to have two children and extending maternity leave for mothers who abide by the law. The revised law has now come into effect. Some members of the top legislature argued that surrogacy cannot be totally forbidden, adding that even with a law in place, rich people would still be able to go abroad to countries where surrogacy is allowed. China already has regulations forbidding the use of surrogate mothers. However, law enforcement departments called for the ban to be written into law to enhance enforcement in tackling those who still offer such services. Despite the regulations issued in 2001 by the Ministry of Health, now part of the commission, the practice has survived underground in many parts of China. In April, the government launched a campaign to crack down on medical clinics that provide surrogacy services, but little progress was made due to a lack of legislation and enforcement at grassroots level. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Doctors in east China's Shandong Province have announced the successful transplant of a bio-engineered pig cornea into a human eye. The operation took place in late September. The patient's vision has gradually improved after a three month recovery period, which means the transplant was a success. The patient, 60-year-old Wang Xin-yi, had a serious corneal ulcer. He could only see moving objects within 10 centimeters. The transplant used a bio-engineered cornea, the first such product to be accredited by the China Food and Drug Administration in late April. With the pig cornea as the main material, the product is devoid of cells, hybrid proteins, and other antigens. It retains a natural collagen structure with remarkable bio-compatibility and biological safety. Cornea diseases are some of the biggest causes of blindness in China, affecting around 4 million people. New cases are increasing by 100,000 each year; however, only around 5,000 people receive a cornea transplant annually. Some hospitals in China have been conducting clinical trials of the pig cornea since 2010, recording a success rate of 94 percent, similar to the results seen with donated human corneas. Doctors say this bio-engineered cornea may help millions of people to be able to see again. This is NEWS Plus Special English. The world-renowned journal Nature has released its annual list of ten people who mattered in science in 2015. The list includes one Chinese scientist whose work in human embryo gene editing has caused repeated debate in academic circle. This year's list was compiled after much discussion by Nature's journalists and editors, spans the globe, highlighting individuals who have played important roles in issues ranging from climate change to gene editing to research reproducibility. Helen Pearson, Nature's Chief Features Editor, says the explosion of interest in a human embryo gene editing has been a major story of the year, and for this reason biologist Huang Jun-jiu at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou earned a place on the list. In April, Huang published the first report of a human embryo with edited genes, sparking global debate on the ethics of such research. In his study, Huang and his team used spare embryos from fertility clinics that could not progress to a live birth, and modified the gene, responsible for a kind of blood disorder, in the embryos. To accomplish the task, they adopted a powerful technique, which can be programmed to precisely alter DNA in specific sequences. Huang told Nature in April that he wanted to edit the genes of embryos because this can show up genetic problems related to cancer or diabetes, and can be used to study gene function in embryonic development. You are listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. A woman sentenced to life in prison for poisoning children has been acquitted, renewing long-standing questions among judicial experts about the best ways to ensure that legal processes are used in handling cases. The central government determined two years ago to rectify wrongful verdicts. Qian Renfeng was given a life sentence in 2002 in Yunnan province, after she was accused of putting poison in the food of children at a kindergarten where she worked. One of the children died. At the time, Qian was 17. The court said Qian poisoned the children because she did not get along with her employer. After serving 13 years in prison, Qian is now 30 years old, and was pronounced innocent, because evidence in the case was flawed, as was her confession. The court says the evidence presented by the police was tainted, and there were some inconsistencies in the defendant's confession. Meanwhile, signatures on three statements in which she confessed to the crime were proved not to be hers. It was not the first time the country's courts have overturned a judgment in the past two years. Since late 2013, Chinese courts have conducted a sweeping crackdown on wrongful verdicts, aiming to build up judicial credibility and implement the rule of law nationwide. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Medical and cosmetic surgery services from South Korea are expected to become more widely available in China as a result of the bilateral free trade agreement that took effect recently. Under the agreement, doctors who are licensed in South Korea, including plastic surgeons, can work in China for six months to a year. This could mean Chinese customers may be able to get door-to-door cosmetic surgery services from South Korean doctors. In the past five years, the number of Chinese tourists visiting South Korea for medical tours surged twentyfold, with around 25,000 people traveling annually. Almost 70 percent went to South Korea for cosmetic surgery. Currently, most visiting Chinese customers choose Korean hospitals for cosmetic surgery based on the recommendations of Chinese agencies. They not only afford expensive surgery costs but lack legal protection in the event of medical malpractice. The agreement will bring more Korean doctors to China, which will help Chinese customers to significantly save on costs including transportation, accommodation and intermediary fees. The cosmetic surgery market in South Korea is almost saturated. By working in China, Korean surgeons will be able to get out of the competitive domestic market, and seize opportunities in the huge Chinese market. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Asia's largest underground railway station has begun operations in the southern city of Shenzhen, slashing the travel time between Guangzhou and Hong Kong to half an hour. The Futian High-speed Railway Station in downtown Shenzhen covers a total area of 150,000 square meters, or the size of 21 football pitches. Its three underground floors are installed with more than 1,200 seats, allowing 3,000 passengers to wait simultaneously. The travel time between Guangzhou and Hong Kong will be slashed to half an hour. Passengers in Shenzhen need only 15 minutes to arrive in Hong Kong. A total of twenty-three pairs of high-speed trains run in and out of the station. You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. You can access the program by logging onto NEWSPlusRadio.cn. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know by e-mailing us at mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. That's mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. Now the news continues. Beijing's two recent red alerts for air pollution led to the suspension of classes at primary and middle schools in the capital, but online education platforms experienced a boom. According to 17zuoye.com, an Internet-based homework service, the number of newly registered users on Dec 8 was almost three times as many as the day before, with 3,000 teachers and 160,000 students in Beijing assigning and doing homework there. Users of Homework Box, a mobile app that has similar functions to 17zuoye.com, hit a new high in the number of questions downloaded and worked on by students from Dec 7 to 9, when Beijing issued its first red alert for air pollution and primary and middle schools of the capital suspended classes for three days. TAL Education Group, an after-school tutoring service, opened some of its online courses to students free of charge during red alerts. The service had more than 20,000 students in Beijing studying online courses during the three days of suspended classes after the first red alert, 50 percent more than the average on ordinary days. The top subjects studied were fifth-and seventh-grade math and eighth-grade physics. You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. A pair of white tiger cubs are expected to make their first public appearance during the forthcoming Spring Festival holiday in February at a zoo in Qingdao, Shandong Province. One of the 5-month-old cubs is snow-white in color with no stripes. The cubs' parents were brought to the Qingdao Zoo in May 2012, and the mother gave birth to the cubs at age 4 in July this year. The cubs are in good health and are receiving elaborate, around the clock care. A zookeeper says the cubs have good appetite and together they eat one-and-a-half kilograms of beef and 10 chicken necks per day. The cubs live in an air-conditioned environment where the temperature is kept at about 25 degrees Celsius. Their cage is regularly sterilized. White tigers are a variant of the Bengal tiger. The chance of a snow-white tiger birth stands at 1 in 100,000. There are only seven snow-white tigers in Chinese zoos and around 100 worldwide. White tigers are extinct in the wild, and those in captivity are categorized in China as first-grade State protected animals. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Filmmakers have wrapped up a biopic of the real-life pilgrim whose adventures inspired the legend of Journey to the West. The venerable Buddhist monk Xuan Zang undertook a perilous journey to India around 1,300 years ago. Now, a forthcoming film based on the legendary expedition is set to re-create history on the big screen. As one of the most talked-about co-productions between China and India in 2015, the biographical drama Xuan Zang has recently finished post-production. The film is set for release early in 2016. For most Chinese people, Xuan Zang is a part of childhood memories thanks to Journey to the West, a Chinese classic that has inspired scores of cartoon books, animated series and TV dramas. But interestingly, the novel depicts Xuan Zang as a weak, nagging coward, who heavily relies on his four powerful apprentices, including the superhero Monkey King, to finish the harsh pilgrimage. Xuan Zang was a Tang Dynasty monk who lived more than 1,300 years ago. Confused by the mistranslated, self-contradicting Buddhist texts, he made an adventurous journey to India, seeking Buddhist scriptures. The film's director Huo Jianqi says the strong faith that compels him to seek the real answers of Buddhism supported Xuan Zang to finish his dangerous journey. When Xuan Zang returned to China 19 years after commencing his journey, he brought with him more than 650 volumes of sacred books. The coastal city of Qingdao, hometown of title-role actor Huang Xiaoming, held an event to release the trailers and a poster. （全文见周六微信。）

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