Runaway success for young science writer

On 23 June, Hasset Kifle from St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy in Stoke-on-Trent, England, was awarded the Young Science Writer of the Year Award 2025, at a ceremony in London's Science Museum. The competition, run by the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW), is open to school students aged from 14 to 16 to submit an essay on a science, engineering, technology or maths topic. This year, the competition received a record number of 607 entries from young writers around the UK.

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Hasset's winning essay questioned whether it is fair for athletes to wear "super shoes" that are designed to make them run faster. She told