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Clara O'Farrell at work in the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Argentina native helps NASA put Perseverance rover on Mars

Around my desk, photos of my family sit next to images from space missions and scraps of robot parachutes made to collect data from Mars. This is my work: utterly earthly yet extraterrestrial at the same time.

Francisca, third from left, and her teammates and school officials pose with their medals earned by their winning eco filter design

Chilean students create eco filter for ‘gray water’ treatment

I feel satisfied and so happy to be improving people's lives with our winning idea, contributing my grain of sand. It was a challenge for my teammates and me, but we are proud of the result.

Science & Technology

Empowering communities in Iraq with manual washing machines

Due to the partition of India, our family was eternally displaced. We lost everything. I have an affinity for refugees who lose their homes due to mindless hate and violence.

Health

Luis “Lajos” Arregui Henk sells Crypto art, like the piece shown here, to earn money toward his cancer treatments

Argentinian sells Crypto art to pay for cancer treatments

When I was diagnosed with cancer, my world fell apart, but this project fills me with life.

Environment

Veronica showing scraps of TILEX. Her shirt was also grown from Yerba Mate.

Conscious clothing: Yerba Mate driving sustainable design

It fills me with pride to have created a biomaterial that takes animals out of the equation.

Visionaries

First electric handcart, Climate change, Kenya, Handcart business, Kenneth Guantai, Mkokoteni sector

Kenya’s first electric handcart creates potential for green transformation

I decided to create Kenya's first electric handcart to promote growth in their business while offering efficiency in load carriage, movement, and tackling climate change.

Education

A black gaming laptop shows a zoom call.

Philippines not ready for online learning

We need a break from the pandemic, the typhoons and poor planning.

Viruses

Transparent masks give window to communicate

When the pandemic started, it felt like everyone was hiding behind their face masks, hiding from me.