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.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 May 42 Views

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.

By Tiffani Spengler

11 March 33 Views

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.

By Tiffani Spengler

03 November 39 Views

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.

By Tiffani Spengler

03 May 61 Views

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.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 November 45 Views

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.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 November 42 Views

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.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 January 40 Views

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.

By Jeanne Goddard

06 May 45 Views

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.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 October 50 Views

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.

By Jim Stout

15 January 42 Views

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.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 February 37 Views

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.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 November 46 Views

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.

By Jim Stout

15 December 48 Views

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)

By Jim Stout

25 November 41 Views