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Meteorologist wins first-ever America's Science Idol competition

Tom Di Liberto, winner of the 2013 Science Idol competition.
Tom Di Liberto, winner of the 2013 Science Idol competition.
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Meteorologist wins first-ever America's Science Idol competition

This year, the first ever America's Science Idol competition was held as part of the the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference. Contestants had 3 minutes to give a compelling presentation on the topic of their choice.

There was a crowd,  there were judges, competition was fierce, and then there was a winner:

, a meteorologist who gave a presentation about the difficulties of making a proper weather forecast.