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My son's video game habit worried me but it fueled his interest in coding, robots, and AI. At age 16, he won $55,000 at a science fair.

Mon, 06/17/2024 - 18:26

teenage boy in red shirt working on tiny computer and three smartphones on a white card table with small plants growing under a grow light an a white cat sitting on an armchair beside him — John Benedict Estrada works on infrared images for his science fair project.
Maria Estrada

Parenting, Science, Parenting, video-games, screen-time, AI, Robotics

This high schooler won $10,000 because he saw a mysterious outbreak killing sea turtles in his Hawaii hometown and decided to do something about it

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 12:30

smiling young man wearing a suit and hawaiian style necklaces hold a long rectangular pink and yellow trophy in front of an orange wall with Regeneron ISEF written on it — Maddux Alexander Springer holds the trophy he won for his research on sea turtle tumors at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
Society for Science

Science, sea-turtles, Hawaii, oahu, tumors, coral-reefs, regeneron

2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 19:33

Victoria Ou and Justin Huang stand on stage in blue suits holding their award — Victoria Ou (right) and Justin Huang (middle) won first place in their category and also snagged one of the top $50,000 prizes for their invention.
Society for Science/Chris Ayers

Science, international-science-and-engineering-fair, science-fairs, Teens, microplastics

The CEO behind the world's biggest science and engineering fair says the biggest mistake parents make is putting too much pressure on their kids

Wed, 05/22/2024 - 17:48

Three women stand on stage smiling while the teenager in the middle holds an ISEF award — Maya Ajmera, Grace Sun, and Christina Chan on stage at this year's Regeneron ISEF ceremony, where Sun won the top prize.
Chris Ayers/Society for Science

Science, Parenting, science-fairs, international-science-and-engineering-fair, awards, regeneron

A 17-year-old took home $250,000 for his award-winning discovery in computer 'brains' that could make AI smarter and safer

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 15:27

Achyuta Rajaram, wearing a blazer and button-up shirt stands in front of his poster for the Regeneron Science Talent Search — Achyuta Rajaram took first prize at the Regeneron Science Talent Search for his project on computer vision models.
Chris Ayers/Society for Science

Science, algorithms, machine-learning, computer-vision, science-fairs

A 13-year-old built a 'death ray' using a 2,000-year-old concept from Greek inventor Archimedes

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 06:00

Brenden Sener stands in a kitchen with his Archimedes Death Ray science fair project on the counter — Brenden Sener won several awards for his science fair project recreating Archimedes' death ray.
The Sener family

Science, archimedes, science-fairs, ancient-rome, ancient-greece

A high schooler's award-winning algorithm could help Elon Musk's company Neuralink and pave the way for neural implants that never need replacing

Wed, 12/20/2023 - 06:18

A high school student in a navy blazer and white shirt holds a black headset — Canadian high school student Anush Mutyala with the headset he used as part of his neural implant science fair project.
Canada-Wide Science Fair

Science, neural-implants, brain-implant, brain-computer-interface, science-fairs

A middle-schooler just won $25,000 for inventing a fire-detection device that works faster than the average smoke detector

Sun, 11/05/2023 - 13:41

Shanya Gill posing with an award. — Shanya Gill won $25,000 for her fire detection device.
Courtesy of Society for Science

Science, News, smoke-detectors, insider-news, science-fairs, science-fair-project

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