The Agony of Victory.

• Position: Winner of Intel Science Talent Search - Brief Article

When Viviana Risca, 17, took top honors in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search last month, she wasn't exactly overjoyed. Instead, she says, she felt "pressure from all over the place." The Port Washington, New York, senior won with an entry that encoded a secret message in a strand of DNA. ("Not really complicated," she shrugs. "A simple idea.") She's taking home a $100,000 scholarship, but says "the depressing part" is that it won't cover all her...