Science writer Ed Yong comes face to face with a wild rhino in South Africa, and scientist Gifford Wong must resuscitate a seal in Antarctica.

Pediatrician Ken Haller comes across a disturbing X-ray, and neuroscientist Maureen Boyle's relationship with her sister is complicated when she begins working on drug policy.

An acting exercise challenges a neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki's beliefs about attraction, and physicists Neer Asherie and Deborah Berebichez find love after thirteen years.

To make ends meet as a student, Cris Gray takes on a tough job in a university lab, and Raychelle Burks learns how to cope with death as a forensic chemist.