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Just a Fish

January 18, 2013

Jack Rodolico confronts his lifelong fear of sharks when he joins the crew of the SSV Robert C. Seamans.

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In Features, Stress Tags fear, marine biology, ocean, sharks, wildlife
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The Art of Itchy

January 11, 2013

Allie Munier has a long history of being afflicted by itchiness -- from chicken pox to lice -- but when she's twenty years old she encounters an itch so severe it threatens to take over her life.

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In Features, Stress Tags diagnosis, health care, medicine
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Slaying the Dragon of Depression

January 3, 2013

When Jessica Little is struck suddenly with depression during her junior year of college, she struggles to accept the diagnosis.

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In Features, Issues, Stress Tags depression, diagnosis, mental health, psychology, school
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The Departed Queen

December 14, 2012

When chess player Dana Mackenzie goes up against a formidable opponent, an international grandmaster, his relationship with much-feared technology plays an unusual role in the match.

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In Features, Issues, Stress Tags chess, competition, computers, psychology, technology
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The Nature of the Knight Bus

December 7, 2012

As the editor of Nature magazine—the science version of a rock star—Chris Gunter was lucky enough to handle genome papers . . . but then came "the chimpanzee genome spectacle."

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In Current Issue, Features, Issues, Reruns, Stress Tags genetics, science writing, women in science
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My Mother's Heart

November 30, 2012

When John Timmer inherits the heart condition that killed his mother, not even his PhD or career as a science writer can offer much reassurance.

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In Death, Features, Issues Tags family, genetics, heart, science writing
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Of Ghosts & Scientists

November 23, 2012

When physicist Ferran Macia meets ghost hunter Cloe, he thinks she's crazy—until he begins helping her with her investigation and realizes they have more in common than he'd thought. This is a translation of a story originally performed in Spanish at The Story Collider's show at The Cervantes Institute.

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In Death, Features Tags ghosts, Physics, skepticism
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Adonis & the Bone Marrow

November 8, 2012

Hanuman Welch was forced to leave his man-child ways behind and grow up when his brother was diagnosed with cancer. Anna Karakalou illustrates this story from our podcast.

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In Death, Features, Issues Tags bone marrow transplant, cancer, comic, family, stem cells
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The Frog Story

October 25, 2012

A high school student learns some uncomfortable truths about herself after her science project turns deadly.

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In Death, Features, Issues Tags animals, death, experiments, high school, science education, science fair

Immortal Popsicle: A Tale of DIY Cryonics

October 18, 2012

Emma Komlos-Hrobsky tells the story of Nederland, Colorado—a place where death is literally a party—and the man who started it all by storing his frozen dead grandfather in a Tuff Shed in his backyard. (Yes, really.)

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In Death, Features Tags cryogenics, death, family, resuscitation
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Death Becomes Me

October 11, 2012

Matthew Dicks died when he was twelve years old. And then, when he was seventeen years old, he died again.

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In Death, Features Tags death, education, family, medicine, resuscitation
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Inside the Monkey Lab

October 4, 2012

Guy Schaffer wanted to understand the brain, but the only job he could find was in a monkey lab—a lab where a monkey attack led to a deeper set of crises.

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In Death, Features, Issues Tags animals, brain, death, monkeys, neuroscience, research

How to Pronounce Death

September 27, 2012

As a medical student, Matthew Pantell learns a real-life lesson medical school couldn't prepare him for: how to pronounce someone dead.

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In Death, Features Tags death, family, medicine, science education
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Editor's Note: A History of Physics & Souls

September 27, 2012

The best way to study things by going there, looking at them, and reporting back. A fact that makes death particularly challenging to understand. But as I was told, one Harvard physicist thought he had a way around that.

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In Death, Features, Issues Tags animals, death, editor letter, Physics
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Motion-Induced Blindness

September 20, 2012

Cognitive neuroscientist David Carmel experiences the consequences of intrigue and ambition in the lab, while studying the phenomenon of motion-induced blindness.

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In Features, Issues, Motion, Reruns Tags brain, family, motion-induced blindness, neuroscience, research
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Time & Pressure

August 30, 2012

Artist Thomas Boguszewski illustrates Rachel Bitney Wecht's story of her struggle to woo a physicist—The Story Collider's own Brian Wecht.

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In Current Issue, Features, Issues, Reruns, Women & Science Tags love, Physics
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Awake

August 9, 2012

I blinked my eyes open. Early morning sunlight sneaked through the blinds on my window, casting a glow on the mess on my floor. Sitting up, I saw my bedroom in complete disarray. There were ripped Hefty bags and stuffed animals spanning twenty-four years strewn across my rug. My room looked like the scene of a barnyard massacre. Looking under my covers, I discovered I was clutching a giant pastel-blue stuffed bunny I'd received as an Easter gift when I was twelve. I could only assume I had spent hours in frantic search of this toy, tearing through our storage areas until I located it. I didn't remember doing any of that, couldn't remember the evening at all. But I never could when I was on Ambien. Groggy and confused, I tossed my comforter to the side and started to clean up the mess.

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In Bad Medicine, Features, Reruns Tags medicine, Nicole Ferraro, sleep
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Q&A With Darlene Cavalier: Cheering for Science

July 26, 2012

Darlene Cavalier, founder of Science Cheerleader and SciStarter, explains how she challenges stereotypes in science with the power of cheerleading.

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In Features, Issues, Women & Science Tags citizen science, science education, women in science
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Q&A With Mariette DiChristina: Born a Scientist

July 19, 2012

Mariette DiChristina tells Double X Science about her life as editor in chief of Scientific American, expressing her femininity as a scientist, and angry letters from readers.

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In Features, Issues, Women & Science Tags interview, science education, science writing, women in science
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I Was Schrodinger's Cat

July 19, 2012

After moving to a new city, Emma Komlos-Hrobsky decides to break the ice with the perfect Halloween costume: Schrodinger's Cat.

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In Features, Issues, Women & Science Tags quantum mechanics, schrodinger's cat, women in science
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