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Chess grandmaster, 17, arrested, expelled from tournament for punching woman after loss
Christopher Yoo, 17, allegedly crumpled his score sheet, stormed out of the room and hit a videographer on the back with his fist.
'Racing prodigy' Cameron Bartholomew dead at 28
The fiancee of motorsports legend Cameron Bartholomew has said she is in “complete shock” after he died suddenly on Thursday.
7-year-old pageant queen puts adults to shame with rippling 6-pack abs: 'She trains hard!'
However, seven-year-old beauty queen and gymnast Kynlee Heiman is putting adult gym sharks to shame due to her rippling six-pack -- which she maintains via her "healthy diet" and strict...
NYC migrant student becomes chess prodigy after just one year of playing
An 11-year-old migrant is living her American dream, becoming a chess queen on her way to attaining master status despite learning the game just this year.
Autistic piano prodigy, 11, goes viral after $15K surprise gift from stranger
"He’s beyond special. He’s Mozart level. It’s coming from somewhere beyond," piano tuner Bill Magnusson said.
Boy, 11, does better on Mensa IQ test than Einstein, Hawking
Eleven-year-old Brit Yusuf Shah, of Leeds, earned the highest possible score of 162.
Kid becomes national sensation after writing comic, sneaking it into library
A staggering 56 people were waiting to check out Dillon's homemade book at the end of January.
From NJ to Budapest: Meet the world's youngest grandmaster
He's now one of the best of the best -- and he's only 12. Abhimanyu Mishra of Englishtown became the world's youngest grandmaster in chess during a tournament in Budapest.
NJ kid with serious game face on track to become youngest chess grandmaster ever
Chess wunderkind Abhimanyu Mishra has serious moves. And he’s only 12. The Englishtown, NJ, tween has one goal he’s hoping to tick off before Sept. 5: Take the world record...
Cheers to this 12-year-old winemaker
This kid is surprisingly "grape" at making wine. Meet Wyatt Youngblood, 12, an award-winning wine prodigy, pitching in at his family's winery outside Detroit, Michigan. Subscribe to our YouTube!
Musical girl plays keyboard during brain surgery
This brave girl played music on a synthesizer during an awake craniotomy. Watch the incredible video from an operating room in Gwalior, India. The two-hour surgery was successful and 9-year-old...
10-year-old chess prodigy can help you beat ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Beth Harmon
He's the Preteen Gambit.
Ex-Google chief says this age is when kids are the smartest
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has launched a quest to find the 100 brightest youngsters around the globe – and said the magic age for identifying possible wunderkinds is 16....
12-year-old prodigy set to study aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech
He makes Doogie Howser look lazy. A preteen prodigy who mastered fractions while still in diapers is now set to tackle aerospace engineering at prestigious Georgia Tech University, according to...
Japanese tennis bros, 4 and 6, are already acing it
These tots are "twinning" the tennis game. Watch siblings Yu and Ko Kosuke, ages 6 and 4, show off their sporty skills in Fukuoka, Japan. Their adorable athleticism has caught...
This 7-year-old painting prodigy is already making bank
Ever look at modern art and think, a 7-year-old could have done this?
Child prodigy Laurent Simons drops out of college after graduation date postponed
A 9-year-old Belgian child prodigy who was set to become the world’s youngest college graduate has dropped out of his Dutch university -- after it postponed his expected graduation date....
9-year-old child prodigy set to graduate from college
A 9-year-old child prodigy from Belgium is more than a decade ahead of his peers as he’s set to graduate from college next month, according to a new report. Laurent...
Teen violin prodigy dies of apparent drug overdose in London mansion
A teenage violin prodigy was found dead of an apparent drug overdose in her family's London mansion on Thursday, a report said. Katya Tsukanova, 17, a leading musician in the...
Teen science whiz proves hand dryers are bad for kids' ears
A Canadian whiz kid has published a legitimate scientific study proving restroom hand dryers are bad for kids’ ears, according to a report Tuesday. Nora Keegan, a 13-year-old from Calgary...