Good morning and welcome the kid news. I'm Tori. Today is Monday, October 23,

and we begin with a 14-year-old student from Virginia creating quite a lather with his big win as America's top

young scientist. Hemmene Bachella of Annandale invented a soap that treats

skin cancer which is the most common form of cancer in the U.S.

His bubbles cleaned up at this year's 3M contest competition,

earning him bragging rights and a $25,000 prize.

Hemman is in the process of getting a provisional patent for his product,

which costs only $8.50 a bar to produce,

far more affordable than current treatments,

and intends to use his winnings to start a non-profit

that will help get the soap in the hands of the people and communities that need it most.

Florida's space coast is most.

Florida's space coast is living up to its name. Saturday night, a SpaceX-Falkinine rocket broke a single-year blast-off record

when it became the 58th launch from Cape Canaveral in

2023. That tops the previous high of 57 set in 2022. No humans were aboard this

rocket just 23 star-link satellites which will be used in low orbit to bring internet to all corners of the globe.

A planetary scientist at the University of Central Florida celebrates the success, but admits he's

conflicted. I have mixed feelings about the Starlink launches because these low-Earth

orbit mega-constilations are harmful to astronomy, Phil Metzgar said,

but I also understand that this gives more people access to the internet, and that's important. Life saving food, water, and medicine has made it into Gaza.

A convoy of 20 trucks rolled across the border from Egypt on Saturday, then 19 more yesterday, according to Reuters.

While helpful and welcome, humanitarian agencies say a continuous stream of at least a hundred trucks a day is what's needed for the region's

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