What were you doing when you were 17? Playing video games with your friends? Smoking outside the back door of your high school? Well, unless you answered “curing cancer,” prepare to feel like an ...

Sara Volz’s long-term goal, she says, is to understand the universe. But in the shorter term, the 17-year-old is working on developing algae that create biofuels more efficiently. In her home lab — it ...