Back in my day, school science class experiments never drifted much further from the dissection of earthworms and frogs. Everything else was an endless string of deathly dull memorization, and I probably could've learned more about, say, chemistry, by watching an episode of Breaking Bad, had it only been around then.
Some students at Laguna Beach High, though, are taking their science skills and doing things like, oh ... getting their work published in respected science journals.
These students are part of LBHS teacher Steve Sogo's Advanced Chemical Research class, and what they're doing is pretty incredible -- they're only busy developing a synthetic antivenom that would treat the bites of some of the world's most deadliest snake bites.
The Coastline Pilot's Bryce Alderton has all the details in this piece right here, and you should totally click on it even if you really, really, really hate snakes.
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