ext_4752 ([identity profile] xiphias.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2013-09-21 10:06 pm (UTC)

That was one of my sister's after-school jobs in high school.

No, I'm not joking. Kids in the Honors science program in Wayland, MA were allowed to apply for internships for DARPA at Lincoln Labs in Lexington. She was working on a project to genetically engineer yeast to consume TNT for cleaning up minefields.
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