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Maryam Zaringhalam: Cheating My Way To Smart

March 4, 2016

Maryam Zaringhalam's scheme to cheat her way into the smart class makes clear a huge flaw in the education system.

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In Science Education Tags Maryam Zaringhalam, Story Collider producer, school, Season 6, grades, education, childhood, cheating

Jonaki Bhattacharyya: Losing Control

February 26, 2016

Jonaki Bhattacharyya ventures out into rugged Canadian wilderness to research wild horses — but does she have what it takes to survive?

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In Ecology Tags Jonaki Bhattacharyya, Springer Nature, women in STEM, ecology, field work, British Columbia

David Putrino: Medical Records

February 19, 2016

While working at a hospital, David Putrino finds a surprise in his own medical records.

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In Health and Medicine Tags David Putrino, Season 6, physical therapy, neuroscience, hospital

Saad Sarwana: The Math Test

February 12, 2016

Saad Sarwana is finally about to win a high school award, but in his way is a math problem even the teacher got wrong.

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In Science Education, Mathematics Tags Saad Sarwana, math, adolescense, school

Erika Engelhaupt: Fear Of Flying

February 12, 2016

Erika Englehaupt gets a dream reporting assignment. There's just one problem--she has to take a small prop plane just like the one that she almost crashed in years ago.

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In Psychology, Science Communication Tags Erika Engelhaupt, journalism, fear of flying, phobia, Season 6

Anna Nicanarova: Playing Sick

February 5, 2016

Anna Nicanarova pretends to be sick to get out of a test, but how far will she take the ruse?

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In Health and Medicine Tags Anna Nicanarova, illness, stomach, school, adolescense

Abhishek Shah: Waste Disposal

January 29, 2016

Abhishek Shah takes a simple job to pay for school--toxic waste disposal.

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In Engineering Tags Abhishek Shah, biomedical engineering, engineering, medicine, career, immigration, education, moving, scientist origin story

Brian Kennedy: The Back-Up Plan

January 22, 2016

Brian Kennedy is forced to take a job in his local pharmacy to finance his theater dreams.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Brian Kennedy, art+science, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, theater, Season 6

Kaća Bradonjić: The Nature Of Space And Time

January 15, 2016

Physicist Kaća Bradonjić's view of time is shaped by her experience as a war refugee.

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In Physics Tags Kaća Bradonjić, war, refugee, immigration, Yugoslavia, physics, Season 6

Ali Mattu: My Brother the Trekkie

January 8, 2016

Psychologist Ali Mattu didn't know what he wanted to be as a kid, but his older brother helped him find inspiration in Star Trek.

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In Psychology Tags Ali Mattu, psychology, anxiety, childhood

Rachel Fairbank: Scientist Or Subject?

January 1, 2016

While being treated after an accident, Rachel Fairbank struggles with not being the researcher.

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In Biology Tags Rachel Fairbank, research, medicine

Tom Levenson: Henry

December 25, 2015

Used to the controlled uncertainties of his work, science writer Tom Levenson is forced to confront the dramatic uncertainty of whether he’ll be able to adopt a son.

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Tags family, adoption, Tom Levenson, season 5

Adam Foote: The Sea Urchin Massacre

December 18, 2015

Adam Foote confronts the problem of obtaining sea urchins in land-locked Pittsburgh...during a polar vortex.

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Tags biology, Adam Foote, marine biology, research, weather, sea urchin, season 5

Neer Asherie: The Milk Heist

December 13, 2015

When he discovers his milk has been stolen from the dorm fridge, Neer Asherie has to resort to extreme science measures to find the culprit.

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Tags Neer Asherie, college, scientific method, season 5

Rachel Pendergrass: A Bad Day at the Museum

December 4, 2015

Rachel Pendergrass gets her dream job: talking to visitors in an aquarium, but dealing with the questions are not what she expected.

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Tags Rachel Pendergrass, scientist origin story, aquarium, marine biology, season 5

Alan Guth: Stumbling to Inflation

November 27, 2015

Alan Guth is working on a fairly typical research paper, when he accidentally makes a huge discovery about the origin of the universe.

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Tags Alan Guth, physics, universe, research, season 5

Adam Rogers: Separating Cells

November 20, 2015

Adam Rogers gets an exciting opportunity to work in a marine biology lab, and see if he really wants to be a biologist.

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Tags Adam Rogers, marine biology, research, career, season 5

April Salazar: The Heart Adapts

November 13, 2015

Facing an incredibly important decision, April Salazar is infuriated by way scientific information about reproduction is distorted.

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Tags April Salazar, abortion, family, reproduction, misinformation, politics, pregnancy complications, season 5

Jimmy Wohl: Calmfidence

November 6, 2015

As a musician and writer Jimmy Wohl thought he was the ultimate creative, then he encounters a pharmaceutical marketing campaign.

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Tags Jimmy Wohl, art, pharmaceuticals, season 5

Erik Vance: Is this Biology?

October 30, 2015

Erik Vance searches for the real meaning of biology while chasing porcupines.

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Tags Erik Vance, biology, journalism, porcupines, season 5
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