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Susana Martinez-Conde & Stephen Macknik: The Need to Believe

September 7, 2018

Married neuroscientists Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik are surprised by what they learn when they investigate deception at a psychic convention.

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In Neuroscience Tags Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen Macknik, pair stories, couple, neuroscience, superstition

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

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

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

Sara Peters and Peter Aguero: Praying for a seizure

July 16, 2013

Sara Peters has epilepsy, but no drugs seem to help. So she agrees to be hooked up to a machine at the hospital for days, in hopes of inducing the one thing she and her husband, Peter Aguero, dread the most: a seizure.

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Tags Sara Peters, Peter Aguero, season 3, epilepsy, pair stories, chronic illness, hospital

Robin & Samantha Henig: The rules of writing with your daughter

February 24, 2013

Robin Marantz Henig and her daughter, Samantha, decided to write a book together about life as a twentysomthing. There was just one problem -- how to handle the bits you don't want to talk about with your mother?

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Tags Robin Henig, Samantha Henig, aging, season 3, mothers, journalism, pair stories

Kelly & Zach Weinersmith: Two nerds fall in love

February 10, 2013

Biologist Kelly Smith and comic artist Zach Weiner were having trouble dating, until they met online and realized what they each needed was another nerd.

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Tags Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, season 3, pair stories, dating, love, comic books

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