Good – Mark Hay
“…last month, media outlets around the world lit up over the victory of three 16-year-old Irish girls, Sophie Healy-Thow, Émer Hickey, and Clara Judge of the small town of Kinsale, at the 2014 Google Science Fair…the Irish trio’s experiment, slowly grown over three years out of a love of gardening, natural curiosity, and methodical tests on more than 13,000 seeds, is a prime example of the rigor and dedication apparent in successful young scientists…The girls appear to be part of something much greater as well…At this year’s Google fair, a host of other entrants from around the globe presented other interesting projects with real world potential…these young students are actually making contributions on par with many veteran researchers, challenging perceptions of what scientific achievement looks like. “(more)