Vaping: Just Don’t Do It

The Regeneron Science Talent Search turned up more than one winner last week. 18 year-old Natalia Orlovsky won 2nd place and $175,000 by studying the effects of vaping on lung cells. She found that e-cigarettes, which are shockingly marketed to teenagers, caused stress to cells even when no nicotine was present. Vaping is not safe.

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Teen Fights Potato Blight

Student Benjy Firester won the $250,000 Regeneron Science Talent Search by developing a computer model that could save farmers time, money, and potatoes. It predicts how weather patterns spread the blight fungus spore. Blight causes billions of dollars in damages to potato and tomato crops each year, but Benjy’s program may help farmers prevent it!

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