South African teen wins R680,000 Google Science Fair prize

[Jan]

South African teen wins R680,000 Google Science Fair prize

Kiara Nirghin from Johannesburg has won the 2016 Google Science Fair for her research on using fruit waste to combat the effects of the drought that has hit South Africa.

 

[BBotha]

Give that girl a bel.... milkshake.

 

[Dan C]

Nice, well done Kiara

 

[Creag]

Another "kudos" moment for South Africa. Congratulations to Kiara for a wonderful achievement. Here's hoping it inspires 100s around her.

 

[Thor]

WOW, that's pretty damn cool!!! Take that Wayde

 

[Batista]

Well done!

 

[rrh]

Another "kudos" moment for South Africa. Congratulations to Kiara for a wonderful achievement. Here's hoping it inspires 100s around her.

+10

 

[Okty]

Well done!

 

[Bobbin]

That's awesome well done!

So basically one is to use this orange peel mixture for their crops as both a fertilizer and for enhanced water retention in the soil? Did I science that correctly?

 

[Fox1]

Well done!

PS: Where are the oranges and avo's going to come from unless they don't need water to grow? :?

 

[ryu]

Brilliant!

very well done young lady

 

[TPM]

You go girl...a proud day for all south Africans and INDIANS !

 

[Dan C]

Well done!

PS: Where are the oranges and avo's going to come from unless they don't need water to grow? :?

Import them

 

[crackersa]

You go girl...a proud day for all south Africans and INDIANS !

and someone makes it about Race.....

 

[Thor]

and someone makes it about Race.....

+1

 

[rorz0r]

Daaaam. Firstly, when I was in school and even now I don't think I'd ever even heard of super absorbent polymers. Secondly in a month and a half a schoolgirl managed to outdo these other companies making the synthetic ones?

 

[Petec]

Nice one Kiara!

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

You go girl...a proud day for all south Africans and INDIANS !

Was she born in India?

 

[ForceFate]

You go girl...a proud day for all south Africans and INDIANS !

Come on mate.

Congrats to the young lady. I hope she inspires many. If she was a DJ or a bad dancer masquerading as an artist, she would have been all over twitter and radio breakfast shows.

 

[zizo911]

Well done