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The Story of a Young Scientist in Australia

These headphones connect to an app that compares the ear to pictures of healthy and infected ears. The treatment happens when blue light is shown into the ear in a process called phototherapy. Leanne's invention won her the prize of America's top young scientist. Her older sister Cara won the same award four years ago. She invented liquid bandages. What a clever family. Do you remember when we had COVID lockdowns? It's just not really good because if somebody wanted to go like somewhere like Queensland or something, they can't go because they're locked down. Albert Chan arrived in Australia from Tonga about two years ago. He came to work on a citrus farm in South Australia

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