To recap 2024, NewsForKids.net is taking a look back at some of the most interesting stories we’ve covered this year.
Today we’re looking at a few of the incredible things kids accomplished in 2024.
Cesare Mencarini recently graduated from a sixth form school (high school) in England with excellent grades. But he was probably more excited about the success he had the previous year – building a working nuclear fusion reactor at the age of 16.
Heman Bekele has been named TIME’s Kid of the Year for 2024. The 15-year-old has come up with an idea for a soap that could help treat skin cancer, and he is already working with scientists to test his idea.
The Natural History Museum in London holds a yearly contest for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year. There’s a separate contest for people under 18, known as the “Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year”. Here are some of this year’s best pictures and the stories behind them.
Nima Rinji Sherpa has become the youngest climber to reach the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains. The 18-year-old from Nepal completed his goal on October 9 by climbing the 8,027-meter (26,335-foot) Mount Shishapangma in Tibet.
Last Thursday, 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of India beat China’s Ding Liren to win the World Chess Championship. The victory came in a hard-fought final game in Singapore. Gukesh is now the world chess champion, and the youngest person ever to hold the title.