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When geneticist and science communicator Emily Grossman is invited to discuss women in science on TV, she doesn't know she'll be debating a legendary Internet bully.
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When Amanda Buch's beloved father is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, it sparks a passion in her for neuroscience.
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Chemist Matt Hartings is excited -- and a little frantic -- when he receives an unexpected invitation to talk about the science of bacon on The Today Show.
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Italian neuroscientist Chiara Mariottini struggles to fit in when she moves to New York City.
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Standup comedian Wes Hazard's dangerous chronic illness rears its head while he's on stage one night.
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Amy Oestreicher is a normal teenage theater nerd... until the day her stomach explodes.
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Biologist Jana Watson-Capps struggles with feeling in over her head in her scientific career.
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Anthropologist Herman Pontzer spends time living among a Hadza hunter-gatherer tribe in order to see if they burn more calories than a typical Westerner.
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Layne Jackson-Hubbard wakes up in a hospital room with a head wound and no memory of how she got there.
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When Aparna Nancherla's science fair project goes awry, she and her fellow students make some unethical choices.
Read MorePatrick Freeman: Elephant Time
Patrick Freeman is studying elephants in Namibia when he receives terrible news.
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To discover why some survivors of trauma experience PTSD and some don't, scientist Rachel Yehuda must convince a community of Holocaust survivors to let her study them.
Read MoreIra Flatow: The Sound of the Falls
As a young science reporter at NPR, Science Friday's Ira Flatow accepts a challenge to record what it sounds like to go over Niagara Falls.
Read MoreWyatt Cenac: Drunk Driving for Science
While completing a community service requirement in high school, comedian Wyatt Cenac puts a drunk driving simulation to the test.
Read MorePaula Croxson: How Cold Is Too Cold?
Neuroscientist Paula Croxson is determined to finish her first open-water swimming race -- despite the dangers.
Read MoreBen Lillie: The Truth About My Grandfather
After his grandfather passes away, Ben Lillie learns the surprising truth about his life -- from Wikipedia.
Read MoreElana Lancaster: The Egg & the Equinox
In grade school, Elana Lancaster gets into trouble when he questions his student teacher's science.
Read MoreSkylar Bayer: The Hummingbird of Doom
Skylar Bayer's dreams of a career in scientific scuba diving are put in jeopardy when her heart begins acting strangely.
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Aaron Wolfe seeks meaning through labor at a kibbutz dairy farm -- and finds himself tackling some rather unexpected tasks.
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