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Science Corner: More than 1,500 very bright kids from all over the world have descended on the Duke City for a week of science fun at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Today The Tribune talked with H. Richard Zou.

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More than 1,500 very bright kids from all over the world have descended on the Duke City for a week of science fun at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

The Tribune met with five of them from our hometown to see what all the fun is about.

See what they said today through Friday in this Q&A feature.

Name: H. Richard Zou

Age: 17

School: Albuquerque Academy

Grade: Junior

Tile of project: "Mechanisms of Inhibition and Apoptosis of human prostate cancer cells by Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate."

Say that in English: The shorthand for the large word is ECGC. It's the major constituent in green tea. I looked at how that affected prostate cancer cells.

Favorite area of science: Biology.

What's cool about that area: Everything, just how biology relates to all the other sciences and how I incorporated biology in my science fair project. It's about understanding aspects of life.

Best way to blow off steam: Listen to music. I like soft rock, Three Doors Down. My other band is sort of metal, it's called Avenged Sevenfold.

Favorite brain food: Steak.

Scientist role model: Gregor Mendel, early biologist.

If you could ask that role model one thing, what would it be: I would ask him how he came up with his idea of breeding pea plants and looking at the different characteristics. How did he come up with the laws of independent assortment and segregation.

Dream job: To be a cardio-vascular surgeon. I've always been really interested in medicine. My whole dad's side of the family are doctors.