Surf zone study earns young scientist first place

Top prizes awarded in Broadcom MASTERS science competition for middle schoolers

A typical 14-year-old goes to the beach to play in the waves. But Daniel Feeny went to a beach near Pescadero, Calif., to study them. Using a homemade rig of springs and balls set up in a tide pool, he showed that the force of the waves there doesn’t dictate the diversity of marine life close to shore.