After 20 years Kelli Porterfield’s father’s genetic issues resurface.

Single mother and aspiring scientist Nancy Parmalee takes the long route to her PhD.

In need of a job, Chuck Na finds himself teaching evolution at an Orthodox Jewish high school.

Neuroscientist Doug Fields shares the moment, and the danger, of his first memory of scientific discovery.

Jonathan Schwartz follows his family’s legacy into science, in hopes of curing his hypochondria.

Ibrahima Bah discovers the hardest part of studying physics: the immigration office.

Writer David Dickerson’s grad school hopes for romance leads to a dark ocean at 3am.

Kevin Allison looks to psychology for insight into some very strange choices.

Instead of confronting her own disorder, novelist Diana Spechler tells everyone she’s teaching at a fat camp to research a novel.

Tracy Rowland searches for company in a town full of parties.

A virtual art project in Second Life turns real in a way Jeff Crouse never expected.

For his parents, the fact that the plants are carnivorous is the least troubling part of Erik Hofer’s obsession.

David Morgan reaches out to his childhood hero, and connects with an unexpected medium.

John Bohannon writes the CV of, and for, his life.

Aaron Wolfe escapes the harsh realities of science through the thrilling (and sexy) world of science fiction.

When his brother is diagnosed with cancer, Hanuman Welch finds his own health in question.

In a retelling of the classic love-tale, Morgan Mihok recounts her own epic relationship. With Chemistry.