A 16-year-old girl from Istanbul, Turkey spent two years perfecting a plastic created from banana peels, substituting fruit waste for the typical petroleum base. On Thursday, Elif Bilgin's idea paid off when Scientific American named her the winner of its $50,000 Science in Action prize.
After a heartfelt adoption plea to a church in 2013, a 16-year-old boy's prayers were finally answered–by a woman who was there all along, his social worker.
For a small girl, Caydence has defied long odds, born a hole in her heart. Mogie is the hospital pooch that put a smile back on this 4-yr-old's face.
Thanks to an anonymous benefactor three-year-old Kaitlin Nguygen was able to have her facial deformity repaired on Tuesday.
This 11-year-old with Down Syndrome has had the "Best Day Ever" over and over again for a year, winning hearts on football pitches from Scotland to Greece.
The Class 3A state high school wrestling championship this week in St. Paul, Minnesota ended with a standing ovation and some tears for the class act athlete who lost in the finals. The cheers started for the high school sophomore who wanted to win the state for his father, who is battling terminal cancer. But, the tears came after Malik Stewart, who lost the match, went over to hug his opponent's father.
After a stray bullet took out the eye of five-year-old Donovan Lyles Jr., a theater group donned matching eye patches to throw him a pirate-themed party.
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