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Local boy wins first prize in prestigious essay contest

April 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Judges perplexed by whiz kid’s staggering scientific scholarship

By Mondo Fernando, Staff Reporter

 

TORONTO – Seven-year-old Carl Abdul from Mississauga was announced first-place winner of the prestigious Annual SETI Institute Essay Competition yesterday. The California-based Search For Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, which conducts academic research into the existence and nature of life beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, announced the winners at a lavish awards ceremony in San Francisco.

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