&gt; If I were running a science fair, a rock-solid requirement for me to judge something as the winner would be a plausible argument that pretty much any student could replicate the experiment with school-level resources, if they took the time.<p>I thought the point of this article was that Veronica was specifically told she <i>couldn&#x27;t</i> do this experiment as you describe:<p><pre><code>    We also learned that this experiment was so potentially dangerous that Veronica
    would have to carry it out under the supervision of a trained expert, who would
    first have to submit a detailed risk assessment.
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That she wanted to do it the simple way, but the school said, &quot;No, you&#x27;re not allowed to. We&#x27;re too afraid&quot;<p>I feel like I&#x27;m confusing something somewhere.