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Taylor Wilson at the White House

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Last summer we ran a profile of Taylor Wilson in mental_floss magazine. Today the kid was at the White House!

He was at the White House Science Fair. According to WhiteHouse.gov:

Taylor Wilson, 17, of Reno, Nevada, conducted research on novel techniques for detecting nuclear threats and developed an environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and highly sensitive system capable of detecting small quantities of nuclear material.

We’re getting a ton of search traffic on “Taylor Wilson” right now, so here’s a link to that article: Mad Scientist of the Month: Who’s Afraid of Taylor Wilson?