Andy King / Discovery Education / NPR By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated November 13, 2023
What do you do next after spending your summer vacation finding a treatment for cancer? That’s the question 14-year-old high school freshman Heman Bekele now faces after inventing a soap to treat skin cancer.
Bekele entered the 3M Young Scientist Lab Competition, where participants are encouraged “to solve everyday problems using science and innovation.”
Bekele
