Dunedin high school students win big at science fair

The research produced by two budding Dunedin scientists has left judges of a secondary school science fair stunned.

St Hilda’s Collegiate year 11 pupil Megha Senthilkumar, 15, conducted a nationwide study on how sleep affects adolescent pupils by surveying 249 schools across New Zealand.

John McGlashan College year 9 pupil Adam Ludgate, 14, discovered two planetary nebulas.

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