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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

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

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

Erin Barker: Just Those Four Things, Version 2

September 24, 2019

When Erin Barker is diagnosed with two chronic illnesses, she has to say goodbye to four of her favorite things.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Erin Barker, women's health, chronic illness, chronic pain, sex, identity, love, Season 9

Brianna Shaughnessy: What Corey Taught Me

August 16, 2019

After a tragedy, Brianna Shaughnessy discovers a different way to heal at the Great Barrier Reef.

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In Marine Biology Tags Brianna Shaughnessy, college, friendship, love, grief, Great Barrier Reef., Season 9

Ed Greco: Her Mom's Condo

July 5, 2019

As he grows up, Ed Greco's two great loves -- his high school sweetheart, and physics -- come into conflict.

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In Physics Tags Ed Greco, Season 9, physics, love, relationships, two-body problem, marriage

Sarah Brady: A Different Career

July 5, 2019

After turning down a tenure position, Sarah Brady struggles to adapt to her new life as the spouse of a physician.

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Tags Sarah Brady, marriage, love, relationships

Anna Neu: Where Kids Find Their Soulmates

April 19, 2019

As a sixth grader, Anna Neu decides she's going to fall in love at science camp.

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Tags Anna Neu, childhood, love, Season 9, camp

Parmvir Bahia: Warrior Princess

February 8, 2019

Parmvir Bahia struggles to appease her parents’ desires for an Indian son-in-law while also satisfying her own desires to be a scientist.

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In Neuroscience Tags Parmvir Bahia, neuroscience, family, career, mothers, culture, immigration, moving, love, dating, Season 9, India, Florida

Charlotte Istance-Tamblin: I Get It Now

January 25, 2019

In following her dream of studying chemistry, Charlotte Istance-Tamblin sees how to break the toxic patterns in her relationships.

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In Chemistry Tags Charlotte Istance-Tamblin, chemistry, scientist origin story, relationships, Season 9, breakup, love, inequality

Jacqueline Trumbull: Psychological Skydiving

December 14, 2018

Jacqueline Trumbull is preparing for a career in research psychology when she gets a call from a casting agent for The Bachelor.

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In Psychiatry, Social Sciences, Psychology Tags Jacqueline Trumbull, TV, reality TV, The Bachelor, psychiatry, psychology, graduate school, relationships, love, Season 8

Heather Berlin and Baba Brinkman: Subliminal Images of Love

July 6, 2018

Seemingly incompatible, neuroscientist Heather Berlin and rapper Baba Brinkman try to use science to figure out if they belong together anyway.

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In Neuroscience Tags Heather Berlin, Baba Brinkman, neuroscience, music, rap, relationships, love, couple, pair stories

Jean Ansolabehere: The Keanu Reeves Test

December 22, 2017

Research technician Jean Ansolabehere is surprised to find herself falling in love with a woman in her lab.

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In Biology Tags Jean Ansolabehere, lab work, love, LGBT in STEM, LGBT identity, lab accident

Heather Abbott-Lyon: My Two-Body Problem

September 22, 2017

Heather Abbott-Lyon falls in love with another physical chemist, but can they solve the two-body problem?

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In Chemistry Tags academia, chemistry, two-body problem, relationships, love, Heather Abbott-Lyon

Thom & Skylar Young-Bayer: The Captain Is Always Right

September 8, 2017

Marine biologist Skylar Bayer and first mate Thom Young find love on a boat.

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In Marine Biology Tags love, relationships, ship, ocean, Thom Young-Bayer, Skylar Young-Bayer, couple, pair stories

Lindzi Wessel: A Herpes Love Story

September 8, 2017

Nothing can come between Lindzi Wessel and her new boyfriend, David -- except maybe herpes.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Linzi Wessel, love, herpes, STDs, journalism, relationships

Neer Asherie & Deborah Berebichez: My Second Love, After Physics

July 28, 2017

Two physicists, Neer Asherie and Deborah Berebichez, find love after thirteen years.

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In Physics Tags physics, Neer Asherie, Deborah Berebichez, love, college, grad school, two-body problem, couple, pair stories

Wendy Suzuki: If I Was a Prairie Vole

July 28, 2017

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki is surprised when an acting exercise challenges her beliefs about love and attraction.

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In Neuroscience Tags neuroscience, love, attraction, Wendy Suzuki

Qi Lin: An Escape From Science

March 31, 2017

Neuroscientist Qi Lin struggles to connect with friends and colleagues when she can’t escape her scientific mindset.

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In Neuroscience Tags Qi Lin, neuroscience, connection, love
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