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WY Teen Cut From Science Fair For Entering Too Many

Posted by timothy on from the you-can't-science-in-here-this-is-the-science-room dept.

An anonymous reader writes " A Wyoming high school student who built a nuclear reactor in his dad's garage was disqualified from the International Science and Engineering Fair this month on a technicality.' His crime: competing in too many science fairs."

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  1. Bureaucracy wins again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But hey, he's wearing a lab coat. Can't he go on TV to sell Viagra?

  2. Re:How? by Mister+Transistor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Farnsworth Fusors are fusion reactors that aren't net energy positive. They're just fascinating.

    Good News, Everyone! My latest reactors are getting much better now, and yes - yes, they ARE fascinating!

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    -- You are in a maze of little, twisty passages, all different... --
  3. Re:How? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've heard of several teens building nuclear reactors in their garages it seems. How are they accomplishing this, when foreign states seem to have such difficulty?

    Farnsworth Fusors are fusion reactors that aren't net energy positive. They're just fascinating.

    The kids who build fission reactors aren't building them on a large enough scale to risk harm to anyone but themselves. By way of analogy, anyone can make a model rocket engine out of firecrackers, at the risk of blowing their fingers off. Making a solid rocket engine that can boost something into orbit an entirely different story.

    What I find amusing about this story is that the kid's name is... wait for it... Farnsworth.
    Yes, really.

  4. Nooo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "disqualified from the International Science and Engineering Fair"

    I'll show you! ...I'LL SHOW YOU ALL!!!!!

    Muahahahahaha...