by Charu Thakur | Aug 8, 2025
(August 8, 2025) One late evening in a Boston high school robotics lab, 16-year-old Arjun Goray was trying to make his team’s robot recognise a game object. But the robot just couldn’t see it right. That moment of frustration sparked an idea. What if teams like his...
by Charu Thakur | Feb 14, 2025
(February 1, 2025) Tanishka Aglave grew up in the middle of citrus farms, where the scent of oranges filled the air and the trees stretched endlessly. But as she got older, she noticed something troubling—many trees were dying, their fruit turning bitter and...
by Darshana Ramdev | Nov 22, 2024
(November 22, 2024) Achyuta Rajaram, a 17-year-old senior at Phillips Exeter Academy, stood on stage in Washington, D.C., shocked as his name was announced as the top winner of the 2024 Regeneron Science Talent Search. His project, which developed a method to identify...
by Charu Thakur | Nov 14, 2024
(November 14, 2024) One afternoon in Toronto, Riya Karumanchi was at a friend’s house when she noticed her friend’s grandmother, who was visually impaired, moving slowly and carefully around the room. The woman relied on her white cane, tapping it as she...
by Charu Thakur | Sep 5, 2024
(September 5, 2024) “Kalpana Chawla’s story inspired many people. She came from a small town but nothing could beat her determination to dream big and achieve it. At a time when her field was largely male-dominated, she broke stereotypes to convert her...