Scientists in India are buzzing about an electrifying discovery - one boy’s extraordinary ability to bring light where there was darkness.

While experts say each of us has a magnetic field, Abu Thahir's is strong enough to illuminate a bulb by touch alone.

According to the science journals, the human body, at any given moment, produces energy equivalent to a 100 watt light bulb. But only a handful of people have been able to channel that energy to produce light.

Thahir, a Grade VII student from Alapuzzha, Kerala, is one of them. He can light a rechargeable LED bulb by pressing it to any part of his body.

No, it’s not a sci-fi story or a character from Narnia; it’s a true story of a young boy from India who has maintained to be in a limelight for the past few months.

Scientists in India are buzzing about an electrifying discovery - one boy’s extraordinary ability to bring light where there was darkness. While experts say each of us has a magnetic field - N Abu Thahir's is strong enough to illuminate a bulb by touch alone.

According to the science journals, the human body, at any given moment, produces energy equivalent to a 100 watt light bulb. But only a handful of people have been able to channel that energy to produce light.

Thahir, a Grade VII student from Alapuzzha, Kerala, is one of them. He can light a rechargeable LED bulb by pressing it to any part of his body. No, it’s not a sci-fi story or a character from Narnia; it’s a true story of a young boy from India who has maintained to be in a limelight for the past few months.