By Scott Knaster, Google Code
Blog EditorThis week was the big finish to the
first global
Google
Science Fair. Earlier this year, we invited students aged 13 to 18 to submit science
projects to this new competition. More than
10,000
young people from more than 90 countries sent in their entries. Two months ago, 15
projects were chosen as
finalists.
And last week, the members of those teams were flown to Google headquarters in Mountain View,
California for the final judging.
The
winners:
- Lauren Hodge (13-14 age group) for a study about
reducing carcinogens in grilled chicken.
- Naomi Shah (15-16) for her project
relating better indoor air quality to a reduced need for asthma
medication.
- Shree Bose (17-18), who found a way to
improve ovarian cancer treatment for certain patients.
Congratulations to
the winners and to everyone who participated!
While you’re thinking
about the great accomplishments of people so young, here’s another fact to make you ponder
time in a different way: Neptune has just
completed
its first full orbit since its discovery in 1846, or just about one Neptune-year ago
(that’s a little more than 164 Earth-years). Happy birthday (or something), Neptune.
Finally, I’m not sure if Neptune has any creatures that can match this
remarkable
rainbow
toad. This animal was last seen in 1924 (right around half a Neptune-year ago) and
had never been depicted in color before. This weekend, consider taking some time to go outside
and see what you can discover.
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