Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya won gold in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday, edging Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa in a final sprint to the line. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/14/more-sports/jepchirchir-womens-marathon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #peresjepchirchir #kenya #ethiopia #tigstassefa #juliapaternain #uruguay#worldathleticschampionships
Em :v_bi:
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🧼🔬 14-year-old Heman Bekele developed a revolutionary soap that reactivates immune cells to fight skin #cancer, inspired by memories of people working under the harsh Ethiopian #sun.
His #invention costs just $0.50 to produce compared to $40,000 cancer treatments, and he's now working at Johns Hopkins to bring it to underserved communities worldwide.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/teenager-soap-cancer-rep/
#science #innovation #teenager #medicine #Africa #prevention #research #health#Ethiopia
🧼🔬 14-year-old Heman Bekele developed a revolutionary soap that reactivates immune cells to fight skin #cancer, inspired by memories of people working under the harsh Ethiopian #sun.
His #invention costs just $0.50 to produce compared to $40,000 cancer treatments, and he's now working at Johns Hopkins to bring it to underserved communities worldwide.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/teenager-soap-cancer-rep/
#science #innovation #teenager #medicine #Africa #prevention #research #health#Ethiopia
Sam Beebe
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Looking to bolster his legacy as a global peacemaker, Donald Trump has boasted often in recent days that he’s ended at least six wars. Critics of the president’s record say the truth is a lot more complicated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/trump-wars-settled-dispute/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #nobelpeaceprize #nobels #us #india #pakistan #democraticrepublicofcongo #rwanda #armenia #azerbaijan #cambodia #thailand #israel #iran #serbia #kosovo #egypt #ethiopia
Angela Antunovic
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Ethiopia's Supply of Energy to its Neighbors Demonstrates Nation's Commitment to Alleviate Impacts of Climate Change
Ethiopia's provision of green energy to neighboring countries demonstrates the country’s strong commitment to alleviating the effects of climate change and safeguarding the environment, Planning & Development Minister, Fitsum Assefa remarked
https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_6916599
#Ethiopia#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate #pollution #environment #climate
Ethiopia's Supply of Energy to its Neighbors Demonstrates Nation's Commitment to Alleviate Impacts of Climate Change
Ethiopia's provision of green energy to neighboring countries demonstrates the country’s strong commitment to alleviating the effects of climate change and safeguarding the environment, Planning & Development Minister, Fitsum Assefa remarked
https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_6916599
#Ethiopia#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate #pollution #environment #climate
Countries on the edge of the Sahara desert are reversing desertification by just digging half circles.
The ground in these places is too compact for water to soak in during wet season which leads to flooding but digging these holes gives the water a place to stop and soak in. And they’re pushing back the desert with this. By just digging holes.
via what-even-is-thiss
The name is semi-circular bund.
