We tend to relegate teenagers to the world of incomprehensible music, weird fashion and not much else. Time to get inspired by these teen inventors! At 15, Jake Andraka discovered a new way of diagnosing pancreatic cancer. Shree Bose figured out how chemotherapy resistance forms in ovarian cancer patients at 17 and, at 18, Eesha Khare invented a super-capacitator that could charge a phone in 20 seconds. Relax, Offspring – the kids are alright after all.

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