The Colbert Report

We’ve already gushed about Jack Andraka, the 16-year-old gay science student who developed an amazing new test that can detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer earlier, faster and with astronomically better precision than current screening methods. (Like, 400 times more precise.)

Last night, Andraka popped up on The Colbert Report, where Stephen Colbert shared our amazement at his preternatural gifts. When

we were 16 we stuck a fork in a socket and shorted out the lights.

Andraka—who still appears to be sporting braces—was inspired by his uncle’s death from pancreatic cancer, which only sees a 5.5% survival rate after five years. His method—which detects an increase of a protein that signals the presence of certain cancer cells—is 168 times faster and 26,000 times cheaper than what’s currently used.

And it can also track HIV, heart disease and Alzheimer’s.

When once asked by a reporter if girls or alcohol get in the way of his scientific achievements, JAck replied, “I’m gay, so no. And I wouldn’t know where to find alcohol.”