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Teen Who Built Nuclear Reactor Disqualified from Science Fair
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| 03 June 2013 | 04:06 PM ET
| Douglas Main
Posted on 06/04/2013 4:09:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Conrad Farnsworth built a nuclear reactor in his dad’s garage. But when it came to making the International Science and Engineering Fair, there was a bit of a meltdown.
He was disqualified from attending because he entered into one too many science fairs in the wrong order, news reports say. …
Farnsworth is one of only 15 high-school students to ever achieve nuclear fusion, and the first person to do so in the state of Wyoming. …
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Education; Science
KEYWORDS: conradfarnsworth; hotfusion; possiblehoax; sciencefairs
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To: MeganC
I believe you’re right. In 1955 they just swooped in and confiscated the exhibit. My husband was not the kind of student who really through himself into contests and such, but he was bummed — expecially because they wouldn’t tell him why. I think they talked to the teacher, and my husband was given some generic excuse such as “exhibit too close to classified material.”
My husband went on to become a successful engineer with a number of patents to his name. Nobody confiscates his exhibits any more.
To: afraidfortherepublic
To: EEGator
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06/04/2013 5:47:07 PM PDT
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gura
(If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
To: gura
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06/04/2013 5:48:41 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: Olog-hai
If he created nuclear fusion in his garage, how is it that his garage, neighborhood and city are still standing?
To: gura
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06/04/2013 6:04:14 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: Olog-hai
I don’t think it’s a good idea to tick off a kid capable of building his own nuclear device.
To: EEGator
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06/04/2013 6:24:44 PM PDT
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gura
(If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
To: HapaxLegamenon
If he created nuclear fusion in his garage, how is it that his garage, neighborhood and city are still standing? Huge difference between a few atoms of fusion and a few pounds of it.
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06/04/2013 6:36:23 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
To: Olog-hai
Shades of Sheldon Cooper.
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06/04/2013 6:49:11 PM PDT
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La Lydia
To: KarlInOhio
What energy source did he use to fuse a few atoms?
To: Olog-hai
Farnsworth? Really? Farnsworth?
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06/04/2013 7:05:13 PM PDT
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Sirius Lee
(All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
To: Mastador1
He already has done so, but thanks for the warning anyway....
signed.....luddite
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06/04/2013 8:41:36 PM PDT
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Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: HapaxLegamenon
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06/04/2013 9:44:49 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
To: Olog-hai
Any relation to Philo Farnsworth? Supposedly he created a fusion generator, too.
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06/05/2013 3:01:29 AM PDT
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tanuki
(Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
To: tanuki
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06/05/2013 3:05:52 AM PDT
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tanuki
(Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
To: Jonty30
From the article, it sounds like the director had somebody else in mind to go to the world’s science fair.Sounded that way to me, too.
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06/05/2013 3:28:47 AM PDT
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Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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