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15-year-old girl invents flashlight powered by the heat of your hand
2013-06-29 14:52:22| Extremetech
As the internet and apps era has taken hold, younger people -- often in their early twenties or late teens -- have been achieving some incredible things, such as building hit mobile games or selling their startups to corporations for large sums of money. Lately, young teens participating in science fairs have also achieved some incredible things, such as this 15-year-old girl who created a flashlight powered by the body heat of one's hand.
United Kingdom: Thousands sign school climate change petition started by 15-year-old
2013-03-21 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Over 12,000 people have signed a petition started by a 15-year-old girl to keep climate change in the national curriculum for under 14-year-olds. Esha Marhawa from Hounslow in west London said she was outraged that the draft key stage 3 geography curriculum for English schools had vastly scaled back discussion of the phenomenon. "Climate change is the most pressing and threatening issue to modern-day society. Through lack of understanding from generations before us, we are having to fix it. And...
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