At just 17 years old, Sara Volz wasn’t spending her time on social media or school dances — she was conducting advanced genetic experiments in her bedroom and backyard shed. Her mission?…
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Gitanjali Rao: 12-Year-Old Scientist Who Tackled the Water Crisis
At just 12 years old, Gitanjali Rao wasn’t just another student doing science fair projects — she was solving one of the world’s most urgent problems: contaminated drinking water. Using carbon nanotube…
Taylor Wilson: Teen Who Built a Nuclear Fusion Reactor
At just 14 years old, most kids are worrying about homework, video games, or social media. But Taylor Wilson was doing something extraordinary: building a working nuclear fusion reactor in his parents’…
Emma Gonzalez: Student Activist Who Sparked a Gun Reform Movement
On February 14, 2018, Emma Gonzalez was a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — and a survivor of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history….
Boy Genius: Thomas Suarez – App Developer at Age 12
At just 12 years old , Thomas Suarez wasn’t playing video games — he was making them. While most kids his age were downloading apps, Thomas was publishing them on the Apple…
Mark Zuckerberg: The Teenager Who Built Facebook
In 2004, a 19-year-old Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg launched a website from his dorm room that would change the way people connect forever. That site was Facebook — now known as…