Bellevue teens targeting salmon die-offs and mental health win big at international science fair

Lakshmi Agrawal, left, and Anusha Arora, both of Bellevue, Wash., hold their prizes at the Society for Science’s Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair earlier this month. (Lisa Fryklund / Licensed by Society for Science) Two teenagers from Bellevue, Wash., took home a combined $125,000 at the world’s largest high school science competition this month — one for a low-cost filter that could help save Puget Sound’s salmon, the other for an AI-powered device that expands access to mus