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And my boss asks me what’s the matter I’m like,
When my friend asks me,
For a half-hour pilot:
For an hour-long pilot:
For a feature:
Kickass Kid of the Day: A Maryland-based scientist has developed an incredibly accurate mechanism for detecting pancreatic cancer, which is faster than current methods, as well as 100 times more sensitive and 28 times cheaper. Oh, and the scientist is 15 years old.
For his discovery, high school freshman Jack Andraka just won the Gordon E. Moore Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which comes with a $75,000 prize.
Andraka’s method uses single-walled carbon nanotubes — which he calls “the superheroes of material science” — to detect a pancreatic cancer marker in urine and blood samples. In a blind test, it had a 100% success rate.
“I did not expect for it to be this good,” he said, “I was blown away by how sensitive it was.”
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Co.Create: For most people, any associations with Somalia likely involve warlords, pirates, and the ravages of famine. Or maybe K’naan. News coverage brings headlines of terrorism in Mogadishu by Al-Shabaab militants, or of outlaws taking hostages on any boat that dares veer near Somali waters. Rarely, however, do we hear human stories about the hope or humor of the Somali people, which is what makes the short film Asad—screening at the Tribeca Film Festival this week—so interesting. The short film was directed by Bryan Buckley, an A-List commercials director best known for his big ticket Super Bowl ads during the American Football Championship Game. Set in a Somali fishing village, Asad follows the titular character as he faces a choice: to follow the village’s young men into a life of piracy or to become an honest fisherman. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21 and is screening through this week. If you’re in New York, get your tickets here and make some time to see this positive and poignant film!
simplyduma: I think it is important to propagate positive images of Somalia to combat the negative ones that strip away people’s dignity and self-worth by not ACKNOWLEDGING their amazing resilience. We don’t realize this, but aside from the damage it has created on an international platform… the implications are also tragic to the subconscious state of the folks in the diaspora. Despite our internal issues we were once a rich country that had the embodiment of a great nation… lets not forget that or lose hope. And above all, lets not let our stories be told by others!
Because if you’re gonna brood on a rooftop, you gotta do it right, goshdarnit!
(via strongpieces)
