Certain areas of science may be enduring new onslaughts of disrespect lately, but at least one scientific institution—the high-school science fair—is acquiring a certain degree of cool. September, for example, saw the release of “Science Fair,” an acclaimed documentary film that follows a nail-biting competition for a $75,000 Intel-sponsored prize. The students in the documentary, who are as combative as they are creative, obliterate (mostly) the stereotype of socially awkward science-fair eggheads. Furthering this narrative...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 16, 2018 20:15 UTC