On March 27–28, Chetanna Ezomike, a grade 7 student took part in the Ottawa Regional Science Fair. His project, titled When Does AI Get Confused? Testing AI Wildfire Detection on Zombie Fire Images, explored the reliability of artificial intelligence in an increasingly important real-world application: wildfire detection. As artificial intelligence becomes more widely used to monitor wildfires across Canada, Chetanna became curious about how well these systems perform when faced with unusual...

Siqi Tan presenting at ISEF, Arizona, 2026 Pancreatic cancer remains deadly, with fewer than 1 in 8 patients surviving beyond five years. Current tumor cell analysis methods assume activity follows a straight or branching trajectory, potentially missing more complex patterns hidden in the data. Topological data analysis, specifically persistent homology, looks for loops in high-dimensional data, revealing patterns in gene activity that linear methods may overlook. Working at 46-fold finer...

As Editors at BioEndeavor, we were so inspired by this project and learning how one team member's health journey inspired this outstanding CWSF project, we want to share Judy and Isabell's story to empower other students, teachers, and parents. Science fairs are about celebrating innovation as well as creating impact for our communities and societies through STEM. These stories should be broadly shared as we strive to bring purpose to STEM. Thank you Judy and Isabell for sharing your touching...