Science
15-year-old scientist who created soap that could treat skin cancer named Time Magazine’s 2024 Kid of the Year
Heman Bekele, 15, was chosen as Time magazine and Time for Kids 2024 Kid of the Year.
Heman Bekele, a teen from Fairfax, Virginia, is being recognized for developing an affordable bar of soap that could treat multiple forms of skin cancers, including melanoma.
Last October, he won Young Scientist Challenge and won $25,000 for inventing the soap.
Bekele, 15, was chosen as Time magazine and Time for Kids 2024 Kid of the Year.
About melanoma
Melanoma is the most invasive type of skin cancer with the highest risk of death, according to Cleveland Clinic. However, it is highly curable, if caught early.
“It’s absolutely incredible to think that one day, my bar of soap will be able to make a direct impact on somebody else’s life,” the 15-year-old told Time. “That’s the reason I started this all in the first place.”
Heman Bekele’s love for science started at an early age
He conducted his first science experiment when he was just 4 years old, mixing together any household products he could get his hands on and seeing what would happen.
“They were just dish soap, laundry detergent, and common household chemicals,” he says today of the ingredients he’d use. “I would hide them under my bed and see what would happen if I left them overnight. There was a lot of mixing together completely at random.”
He then advanced to a chemistry set when he was 6. A few years ago, he decided to tackle skin cancer.
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia before emigrating to the U.S. with his family when he was 4, Bekele remembered seeing laborers work under the intense heat without heat protection which elevated his curiosity, according to Time. After migrating to the U.S., the young scientist said he realized what a “big problem the sun and ultraviolet radiation is when you’re exposed to it for a long time.” It didn’t take too long for him to start thinking about how he might help.
Balancing life
The prodigy isn’t all science maintaining a balance of fun in his life being a part of the Woodson High School marching band, playing the flute and trombone while also playing basketball, reading fantasy books, and playing chess.
Congratulations Heman!
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Science
From Classroom to Cosmos: Kids and educators invited to enter second annual International Space Art and Poetry Contest for chance to see their creations in space
Astronaut and contest visionary John Shoffner invites students and educators to submit in the International Space Art and Poetry Contest.
For the second year, astronaut and contest visionary John Shoffner invites students and educators from across the world to submit a drawing, painting or written poetry in the International Space Art and Poetry Contest.
About the International Space Art and Poetry Contest
Participants from around the globe will have the chance to showcase vivid color and curiosity as they take us on a journey into space as they envision it.
Eight category representatives will receive special recognition from the International Space Station (ISS) in addition to receiving physical prints of their creation sent down from space.
Entries will be categorized by age division (5-8, 9-13, 14-18, and a newly added educator category), as well as by genre (visual art and poetry).
Judges
Submissions will be scored by an esteemed panel of judges including:
- NASA Icon and Axiom Space Director of Human Space Flight Peggy Whitson, who holds more time in space than any American or woman in history
- STEAM advocate, contest visionary and Axiom Mission (Ax-2) Pilot John Shoffner
- Executive Director of Limitless Space Institute, Kaci Heins
- Visual Artist, poet and published author, Monique Lorden
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1st moon crew in 50 years includes Black, woman, Canadian astronaut
The first moon crew in 50 years was introduced during an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA has announced the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first African American, the first woman, and the first Canadian assigned to the mission.
First moon crew in 50 years
The first moon crew in 50 years was introduced during an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist 1 Christina Hammock Koch, and Mission Specialist 2 Jeremy Hansen, will work as a team to execute an ambitious set of demonstrations during the flight test.
Historic mission
The flight will set the stage for the first woman and first person of color on the Moon through the Artemis program, paving the way for future for long-term human exploration missions to the Moon, and eventually Mars.
“For the first time in more than 50 years, these individuals – the Artemis II crew – will be the first humans to fly to the vicinity of the Moon. Among the crew are the first woman, first person of color, and first Canadian on a lunar mission, and all four astronauts will represent the best of humanity as they explore for the benefit of all,” said Director Vanessa Wyche, NASA Johnson. “This mission paves the way for the expansion of human deep space exploration and presents new opportunities for scientific discoveries, commercial, industry and academic partnerships and the Artemis Generation.”
Launch date
Artemis II is set to take off around November 2024. The crew members, strapped inside the Orion spacecraft, will launch atop a NASA-developed Space Launch System rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The mission is expected to last about 10 days and will send the crew out beyond the moon, potentially further than any human has traveled in history.
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Jessica Watkins to become the first Black woman to join International Space Station crew
When NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins launches to the International Space Station next year, she will make history.
When NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins launches to the International Space Station next year, she will make history.
ISS Mission
The Maryland native is set to become the first Black woman to join the international space station crew, and live and work in space on a six month mission on the orbiting outpost.
The agency announced Tuesday that Watkins will fly to the space station in April 2022, alongside NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Robert Hines and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency.
The crew for this mission — known as Crew-4 — will be the fourth rotation of astronauts on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS.
Jessica Watkins Space Journey
Watkins became a NASA astronaut in 2017 and has worked in the space agency’s research centers, particularly on the Mars rover, Curiosity.
Watkins says she grew up admiring astronauts like Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space, and Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. And she hopes her work aboard the ISS will inspire more kids of color to aspire to space travel.
“I do hope that all young girls, especially young girls of color that are interested in STEM and interested in exploring space, feel empowered to do so,” Watkins told Colorado Public Radio last year. “I just hope young girls across the country feel that way now.”
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