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13-Year-Old Catches 70-Pound Sailfish

13-Year-Old Catches 70-Pound Sailfish

Here’s something to brag about at school. With a little help from his dad and little brother, 13-year-old Jake Hobbs successfully reeled in a 70-pound sailfish from a Florida pier.…

Near-Perfect Woolly Mammoth Carcass Found by 11-Year-Old

Near-Perfect Woolly Mammoth Carcass Found by 11-Year-Old

11-year-old Yevgeny Salinder made the discovery of a lifetime. This mammoth was near-perfectly preserved by the permafrost of northern Russia. Parts of its fur, skin, and fat are still intact,…

Matteo and the Marmots

Matteo and the Marmots

This lucky eight-year-old has forged a remarkable friendship with wild marmots on the alpine slopes. Every year, Matteo Walch and his family spend two weeks in the Alps, enjoying the…

Meet Piano Prodigy Ethan Bortnick

Meet Piano Prodigy Ethan Bortnick

He’s in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s youngest solo musician to headline his own tour. Ethan Bortnick has been playing piano since he was three, first picking…

2012 Google Science Fair Winners

2012 Google Science Fair Winners

Five awesome kids took home prizes at this year’s Google Science Fair. Grand Prize winner Brittany Wenger built a cloud-based data set to let doctors compare the results of breast…

The Littlest Motocross Champion: Chase Anderson

The Littlest Motocross Champion: Chase Anderson

Chase Anderson. Image via the Daily Mail Alaska native Chase Anderson is tearing up the motocross track at just three years old. He has an impressive pedigree: his whole family…

Mini Monet Kieron Williamson’s Latest Exhibition

Mini Monet Kieron Williamson’s Latest Exhibition

One of Kieron’s Paintings. Image via the Daily Mail   Nine-year-old Kieron Williamson is an Impressionist master. His latest collection of paintings sold for nearly $400,000–unsurprising considering the huge demand…

Meet Tanishq: 9 Years Old and Already in College

Meet Tanishq: 9 Years Old and Already in College

Tanishq Abraham became a member of Mensa at age four. Not only that, but he scored in the 99.9th percentile. He is now studying at American River College among students…

A Boy and His Cat: The Story of Fraser and Billy

A Boy and His Cat: The Story of Fraser and Billy

Four-year-old Fraser Booth was diagnosed with autism when he was 18 months old. Fraser can become overwhelmed by everyday tasks, leading to frustration and tears. Everything changed when the Booth…

African Teens Create Affordable Hydroponic Gardening System

African Teens Create Affordable Hydroponic Gardening System

This system won Scientific American’s Science in Action award and a prize of $50,000. Sakhiwe Shongwe and Bonkhe Mahlalela are from the small African nation of Swaziland, which is completely…

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