Up-and-coming scientists compete at EPFL

On Saturday, EPFL hosted 250 budding young scientists - aged between 8 and 15 - in the fifth annual 'Curious and Inventive' science competition, run by the school's Science Outreach Department. The judge, stopwatch in hand, was ready. Nine-year-old Jules was focused. Then he expertly set his top spinning and crossed his fingers. How long would it stay up? Two minutes and forty-two seconds. That was the first round of the day's competition, and Jules and his teammates were pretty happy with their performance. Their top spun for longer than their opponents', who used a drill to get theirs going.
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