Maryland Teen Wins World's Largest Science Fair 193
Velcroman1 writes "A Maryland student was awarded the top prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair on Friday for developing a urine and blood test that detects pancreatic cancer with 90 percent accuracy. Jack Andraka, 15, claimed the $75,000 prize for his test, which is roughly 28 times cheaper and faster, and over 100 times more sensitive than current tests. Each year, approximately 7 million high school students around the globe develop original research projects and present their work at local science fairs with the hope of winning."
Re:Congratulations. (Score:3, Funny)
You're expecting scientific details from Fox News?
I thought I should have won (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What a fucking loser! (Score:4, Funny)
he is going to have job and scholarship offers coming out his ass
Sounds painful, do you suppose he might develop a test for this condition?
Re:Congratulations. (Score:5, Funny)
Is the 90% accurate, faster, and far cheaper than current tests maybe because it's just a strip of paper that will always give a "You do not have pancreatic cancer" result?
I can do better than that. A strip of paper that says "you have pancreatic cancer," stuffed into fortune cookie laced with U-235.
Re:Congratulations. (Score:2, Funny)
while the state also doesn't impose much of a burden on the rich, so it won't be pulling them down the ladder either.
And if the rich do something colossally stupid and jump off the ladder on their own, the state will swoop in with a bailout jetpack or golden parachute at huge expense to the taxpayer.