What were you doing when you were 17? I was in my second year of college and, quite frankly, I thought that was a bit impressive. But that's nothing compared to what Californian Angela Zhang has been up to. The teen won the top prize in the Siemens Foundation's annual science competition with her research into a nanoparticle that targets and destroys cancer tumors, without harming the healthy cells around them.
FREAKING AMAZING, NO?!?!?!?!?
The team prize went to teens from Tennessee who used gaming software to help develop a program that would help those with prosthetic limbs walk.
You know who should read this ten times over? People who scoff at teens today, people who worry about leaving our future leadership to today's young people. Because, these young people? They're researching cures for cancer and developing programs to promote ableism.
This is good. This is brilliant.
And it's just one of zillions of reasons I think teens are awesome.
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Beyond awesome, I agree. I *love* the teens in my life. I am both wary of, and looking for to, my own sons joining the teen ranks.
Amethyst
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