Kids Who Can Adult Better Than All Of Us

Jack Andraka, Boy Genius

WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 28: Jack Andraka speaks after receiving Smithsonian Magazine’s first annual American Ingenuity Award for youth achievement on November 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. The awards honor nine groundbreaking individuals in technology, performing and visual arts, natural and physical sciences, education, historical scholarship, social progress, and youth achievement. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images for Smithsonian Magazine) *** Local Caption *** Jack Andraka

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Before Jack Andaraka turned 18, he had already developed a new screening method for a cancer that’s notoriously difficult to detect.

He invented a type of sensor for pancreatic cancer screening. In 2014 he won the Samuel S. Beard Award for the Greatest Public Service by an Individual Thirty-Five Years or Under. Read ahead for another impressive kid who took his love of cookies to the next level.