Read previewAchyuta Rajaram won this year's Regeneron Science Talent Search $250,000 top prize for his work on making machine learning more efficient and safer. Beating out 2,000 competitorsParticipation in Regeneron Science Talent Search has grown and shrunk over the years, reaching its peak in the late 1960s during the Apollo missions. Achyuta Rajaram said he was shocked to take home the top prize at the Regeneron Science Talent Search. AdvertisementRajaram plans to continue studying computer science at MIT in the fall. His advice to anyone who wants to apply for the Regeneron Science Talent Search is to "be really, really curious about everything."

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