the-BA : Young Science Writers 2004

Image: Christopher Cox (Daily Telegraph)

Are men really from Mars and women from Venus? Maybe not, but apparently they do see the world differently. This is according to an article written by Caoimhe McKenna, 18, one of the winners of the Daily Telegraph BASF Science Writer Awards 2004.

Caoimhe, who is due to start university in Newcastle, won the 16-19 year old category. The older category – 20-28 years – was won by Amarendra Swarup, 27, of Imperial College, London. Amarendra wrote his winning piece about how the brake fern could be used to reduce arsenic concentrations in water and help prevent a mass killer in areas such as Bangladesh.

The panel of judges included Daily Telegraph Science Editor Roger Highfield, broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis and Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the BA.

“The standard of this year’s entries was very high,” says Roland. “It was particularly pleasing to see that many entrants had actually grilled individual scientists rather relying solely on scientific papers or press releases. This made all the difference and brought their articles vividly to life.”

Second prizes went to Clare Neve from Cheshire (who won last year’s 16-19 category) and Lewis Dartnell from University College London in the 20-28 age group.

The top four all win the opportunity to attend the BA Festival of Science in Exeter as part of their prize.

The winning entries can be found at www.science-writer.co.uk.

Read the related story on the Daily Telegraph site here.

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