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Meet America’s top young scientist. He turns waste into clean energy.

Identify an everyday problem and solve it. That was the task for 14-year-old Sahil Doshi from Pittsburgh and other contenders in the Discovery 3M...
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Science Cafes: Grab a coffee. Talk about astrophysics.

These days, you don’t have to attend a lecture to learn about science. Just visit your local cafe. People anywhere can attend informal, grassroots-organized talks...
Beyoncé Knowles (AP Images)

Can a Beyoncé song change the world?

Can a song change the world? A group of Iraqis in Baghdad thinks so, and proves it with acts of kindness. On World Humanitarian Day...
President Obama speaking to group of young Africans (AP Images)

Our tips can help you score a Mandela Washington Fellowship

The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders brings 500 of Africa’s most promising young leaders to top U.S. universities for six weeks of...
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When journalists pay the ultimate price, you pay too.

What price does a journalist pay for a story? In the past decade, 700 paid with their lives. Many more face death threats, violent...
Lash Laker looking through ring of seed-studded cardboard (AP Images)

Help the world. Invest in young scientists.

Investing in STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math) pays big dividends for everyone. If you don’t believe it, read about these amazing inventions...
Girls showing President Obama their design for a bridge (AP Images)

Today’s Girl Scout, tomorrow’s scientist?…on this day

Founded over a century ago, the Girl Scouts help school-age girls build character and learn the importance of community service. On October 31, 2.3...
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Want to help end poverty? There’s an app for that.

How can I best help the poor? Could I survive as a refugee? The British website Training Zone picked five mobile learning apps that...
Ethnic Uighur boy rescued from Thailand (AP Images)

Don’t look away. Human trafficking is everywhere, but you can help

Slavery is not a relic of the distant past. Human trafficking today fuels the modern slave trade. Right now, at least 20 million people are...