Girls rule in science competition
Siemen's high-profile Competition in Math, Science & Technology is dominated by female competitors this year.
Young women won the top two prizes in Siemen's national math and science competition for the first time in its 9-year history. Besides winning substantial scholarships and the glory of primacy, at least one winner has had her research published in a professional journal and was deemed to be working "at a graduate student level." Young women accounted for 48 percent of entrants in the contest.
So much for speculation that girls just aren't into science.
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