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Richard French: Long Live T21

December 27, 2019

Richard French gets the call to work for NASA, fulfilling a dream that started with his professor Carl Sagan.

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In Astronomy Tags Richard French, NASA, astronomy, Carl Sagan, career, space, Season 9

Kate Downey: I Love Buzz Aldrin

December 27, 2019

After watching a documentary about the moon landing, Kate Downey comes away with a love of all things Buzz Aldrin.

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In Astronomy Tags Kate Downey, Buzz Aldrin, NASA, astronomy, science communication, hero, space, Season 9

Gastor Almonte: Every Penny Counts

December 20, 2019

In search of a deal, Gastor Almonte ends up with an unmanageable number of condoms.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Gastor Almonte, comedy, sex, sexuality, reproduction, safe sex, Story Collider producer, Season 9

Tristan Attwood: 99% Compatible

December 20, 2019

When online dating isn't working out for him, Tristan Attwood decides to analyze the data himself.

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In Mathematics Tags Tristan Attwood, love, dating, math, data science, Season 9

Xavier Jordan: Stupid and Arbitrary

December 13, 2019

Xavier Jordan discovers the party side of science at his first scientific conference.

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In Biology Tags Xavier Jordan, career, conference, Season 9

Lily Be: Throwing Up Tamales

December 13, 2019

As a 16-year-old, Lily Be gets an unexpected education on the reproductive system.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Lily Be, Story Collider producer, reproduction, sex, pregnancy, education, Season 9

C. Brandon Ogbunu: The Liberation of RNA

December 6, 2019

Geneticist C. Brandon Ogbunu contemplates the role race has played in his academic career after he is confronted by the police.

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In Genetics Tags C. Brandon Ogbunu, academia, career, Black in STEM, Black lives matter, police shootings, mentor, Season 9

Emily Winn: After the Accident

December 6, 2019

After a car crash alters Emily Winn's life forever, she must relive the trauma when she testifies in a deposition.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Emily Winn, brain injury, law, trauma, medicine, Season 9

Joshua Adams-Miller: I Expect More of Myself

November 29, 2019

Joshua Adams-Miller has never seen college in his future, until he receives encouragement from an unexpected source.

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In Engineering Tags Joshua Adams-Miller, scientist origin story, education, college, love, career, engineering, Boise State, Season 9

Melanie Knight: A Lost Keepsake

November 29, 2019

A chance meeting with a stranger on an airplane has a huge impact on Melanie Knight's life.

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In Marine Biology Tags Melanie Knight, mentor, marine biology, ecology, career, college, friendship, Season 9

Danielle Lee: Chasing Tender

November 22, 2019

When scientist Danielle Lee travels to Tanzania to study pouched rats, she finds she's more of an outsider than she'd expected.

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In Ecology Tags Danielle Lee, field work, Black in STEM, Tanzania, Africa, animals, Season 9

Reyhaneh Maktoufi: Planet Nine

November 22, 2019

After getting hit by a car, Ph.D. student Reyhaneh Maktoufi must navigate the recovery and paperwork as an immigrant from Iran.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Reyhaneh Maktoufi, immigration, medicine, Iran, law, moving, injury, Season 9, Story Collider producer

Adam Selbst: Acting Like Prey

November 15, 2019

Adam Selbst competes with tigers for the attention of his mother.

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In Ecology Tags Adam Selbst, tigers, conservation, mothers, family, animals, Season 9

Erika Hamden: The Baby Falcon

November 15, 2019

Weighed down by the burden of leadership as she supervises the construction of a telescope, Erika Hamden finds comfort in an unlikely spot.

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In Astronomy, Physics Tags Erika Hamden, animals, falcon, physics, telescope, astrophysics, leadership, Season 9

Craig Fay: This List of Symptoms

November 8, 2019

Growing up, Craig Fay develops strategies to hide how terrible he is at math.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Craig Fay, math, learning disabilities, disability, diagnosis, Neuroatypical, Season 9

TC Waisman: "Something Called Asperger’s"

November 8, 2019

As a child, TC Waisman is told that she is on the autism spectrum, but her mother refuses to accept the diagnosis.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags TC Waisman, diagnosis, neuroatypical, autism, mothers, parents, asperger syndrome, Season 9

Meisa Salaita: "Hey, Can I Borrow Your Notes?"

November 1, 2019

Away from her boyfriend for grad school, Meisa Salaita starts to fall for a chemistry classmate who's her complete opposite.

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In Chemistry Tags Meisa Salaita, love, chemistry, college, graduate school, grad school, breakup, heartbreak, Story Collider producer, Season 9

Devon Kodzis: Freaky Little Frog Ears

November 1, 2019

Zoology student Devon Kodzis's strategy of attracting boys with fun animal facts proves difficult.

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In Ecology Tags Devon Kodzis, zoology, animals, love, dating, Story Collider producer, Season 9

Jess Phoenix: A Bad Souvenir

October 25, 2019

After taking a rock from Mauna Loa, volcanologist Jess Phoenix starts to worry that her offering to the volcano goddess Pele was not enough.

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In Earth Science Tags Jess Phoenix, Season 9, Mauna Loa, volcano, curse

Erik Vance: Getting Myself Cursed

October 25, 2019

Science journalist Erik Vance decides to get cursed by a witch doctor for science.

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In Science Communication Tags Erik Vance, curse, superstition, journalism, Season 9
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