Spelling Bee Crowns Co-champions, Including Youngest Winner Ever
Can you spell Sesquipedalian? These two boys could–and never missed a word during 39 rounds to become co-champions, and America's top spellers
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Prodigy Becomes a Doctorâ at 21 (Video)
This week, 21-year-old Sho Yano will complete the journey he began as a 9-year-old college freshman, becoming one of the youngest students in history to receive an M.D. He earned his PhD at age 19 and will now launch a medical career as a pediatric neurologist so he can work with children. (Video)
Prodigy Becomes a Doctorâ at 21 (Video)
This week, 21-year-old Sho Yano will complete the journey he began as a 9-year-old college freshman, becoming one of the youngest students in history to receive an M.D. He earned his PhD at age 19 and will now launch a medical career as a pediatric neurologist so he can work with children. (Video)
Clever Pup Opens 4 Doors So He Can Reunite With His Family (WATCH)
General the dog just reenacted The Great Escape without even batting an eyelash.
High Schooler's Experiment is So Good, It's Going to Space
Julian Rubenfein's biology project was so impressive, it topped 200 other student submissions and is scheduled to travel to the International Space Station.
This 14-Year-old is on His Way to Being the Next Stephen Hawking
Carson is not your ordinary 14-year-old: He just became the youngest student to ever graduate from a Texas University, earning a bachelor's degree in physics.
5-Year-old Becomes Youngest Contestant in National Spelling Bee
After triumphing over 50 much older kids in her regional spelling bee, 5-year-old Edith Fuller is on her way to the nationals.
Check Out This Bar's Simple But Clever Way of Combatting Sexual Assault
There is a poster hanging at a bar in Lincolnshire advising patrons who are uncomfortable with their dates to go to the bar and ask for Angela.
Heroic 10-Year-old Foils Robbers Who Targeted His Mother
A 10-year-old boy can only do so much against two grown men – but his quick-thinking actions later led to their arrest.
A Peace Corps for Geeks? Nonprofit Donates Apps to Cities
Code for America is a new kind of public service. The 'Peace Corps for geeks' has developed apps that have trimmed Boston's costs for digging out fire hydrants after a snow and have made Philadelphia city services more accessible.
Doctor Geek Saves Thousands for UK Health System Making Plastic Bones
A trainee surgeon, who is also a self-confessed 'technology geek,' has figured out a way to save the U.K. National Health program a lot of money by taking advantage of 3D-printer technology.
Company Harvests Tons of Crops, Saving it from Waste to Give it Away
After hearing the shocking figure that up to 40 percent of produce goes to waste in the fields, Christy Porter founded Hidden Harvest an organization that employs the working poor to rescue farmers' leftover produce to feed the hungry.
Students Create Robotic Locker Opener for Disabled Classmate
Muscular dystrophy robbed Nick Torrance of his ability to walk and open his locker at school. Fortunately, Nick's high school classmates cared enough to used their robotics ingenuity to create an automatic locker opener.
CIA Plays the Hero for a Change in True Life Film Thriller, Argo
CIA spies are the good guys for a change in Argo, Ben Affleck's shrewd reconstruction of a heroic real-life mission aimed at retrieving six Americans from Tehran during the 1979-1980 Iran hostage crisis. There's not a single gunshot fired over the course of the film and Affleck delivers an uplifting portrait of one mind-blowing chapter of the Agency's legacy.
Somali Teen's Inventions From Trash, Earn Him Ticket Out of Poverty
He's living in poverty, but a 13-year-old's fascination with building his own electric gadgets from trash has earned him a free education.
The Most Worldly Awareness Comes Out of This 11-Year-old After Illness (Listen)
Listening to this sixth-grader talk after experiencing seizures, his amazing mind is outdone only by his loving, and invincible spirit.
Good News For Pregnant Women Who Love Drinking Coffee
Women consuming moderate amounts of caffeine during pregnancy can be reassured that they are not harming their child's brain or intelligence.
Ed Norton Moved to Tears by Syrian Scientist Story, Raises $400K to Bring Him to USA
A three-time Oscar nominee was so moved by a Syrian refugee's story, he's raised $400,000 to help his family come to America.
Teen Wins $400K Using Humor to Explain Theory of Relativity (WATCH)
A teen's video explains one of science's most complex and important theories using humor. It won him the $400,000 Breakthrough Junior Challenge. (WATCH)
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