In October 2023, Heman Bekele, a rising 10th-grader from Woodson High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, made history. He was crowned the winner of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a prestigious title that came with a $25,000 prize. He competed against nine other finalists, and his groundbreaking invention was a soap with the potential to treat and prevent multiple forms of skin cancer. The 15-year-old scientist has now been recognised as the 2024 Kid of the Year by Time magazine and Time for Kids. The teenager, born of Ethiopian parents…
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