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Adrien Behn: My Best Friend

July 19, 2019

Lonely after her move to New York City, Adrien Behn finds a friend in her copper IUD.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Adrien Behn, birth control, women's health, sex, safe sex, relationships, 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

Beryl Kahn: Ship, Shipmate, Self

March 22, 2019

As an undergrad, Beryl Kahn takes a semester at sea after a bad breakup and gets rocked by the swells of the sea -- and her emotions.

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In Marine Biology Tags Beryl Kahn, Season 9, college, breakup, boat, field work, relationships, ocean, marine biology

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

Joey Slamon: Don't Tell Me What to Do

January 11, 2019

Due to stress in her personal life, TV writer Joey Slamon develops a cyst in an unfortunate place.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Joey Slamon, pilonidal cyst, chronic pain, relationships, fathers, comedy

Monica O’Neal: What Goodbye Is Supposed to Feel Like

December 14, 2018

Psychologist Monica O’Neal is an expert in relationships — but in her personal life, she finds herself struggling when it comes to saying goodbye.

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In Psychology Tags Monica O’Neal, psychology, relationships, breakup, Season 8

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

Bethany Van Delft: Will we fight when the zombies come?

May 25, 2018

Bethany Van Delft and her fiancé reckon with the zombie apocalypse.

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Tags Bethany Van Delft, science fiction, zombies, relationships

Prabarna Ganguly: With Rocky Balboa by My Side

February 9, 2018

Rattled by a recent heartbreak, neuroscientist Prabarna Ganguly makes a mistake in the lab.

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In Neuroscience Tags Prabarna Ganguly, heartbreak, relationships, breakup, neuroscience

Megan Hatlen: 99% Failure

October 27, 2017

Biologist Megan Hatlen worries that she’ll never make a breakthrough in her research.

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In Biology Tags Megan Hatlen, career, relationships, biotech, Blueprint Medicines

Eli Chen: My Brain Out of Love

October 6, 2017

When science journalist Eli Chen begins to have doubts in her relationship, she tries to control her feelings using neuroscience.

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In Neuroscience Tags Eli Chen, journalism, neuroscience, relationships, breakup

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

Ken Haller: My People in the Time of Plague

August 4, 2017

As a pediatrician in the 1980s, Ken Haller comes across a disturbing X-ray.

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In Health and Medicine Tags medicine, epidemic, AIDS, doctor, relationships, LGBT in STEM, Ken Haller

Deena Walker: A Woman and a Scientist

June 30, 2017

As a teenager, Deena Walker dreams of being a scientist, but her controlling boyfriend, and her own attitude toward her gender, get in the way.

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In Neuroscience Tags women in STEM, domestic violence, abuse, relationships, education, college, neuroscience, Deena Walker

Rita Tavares: My Brain on Love

March 24, 2017

Neuroscientist Rita Tavares attempts to analyze her romantic problems with science.

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In Neuroscience Tags Rita Tavares, neuroscience, relationships, love, poetry, breakup

Chris Gunter: My Prosthetic

May 5, 2015

Geneticist Chris Gunter worries about passing on a rare condition to her son.

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Tags Chris Gunter, genetics, rare disease, relationships, family, parenthood, season 5
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