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Anthony Morgan: (Almost) Anything for Science

July 13, 2018

Science communicator Anthony Morgan receives an invitation to be vacuum-sealed to the bottom of a helicopter -- for science!

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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

Josh Gondelman: How to Vanquish Your Nemesis

July 6, 2018

Comedian Josh Gondelman is threatened with a lawsuit after he reviews a new sexual enhancement product.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Josh Gondelman, sexuality, sex, comedy, pharmaceuticals

Sage Forbes-Gray: Becoming a Meaningful Ally

June 29, 2018

After a confrontation with a student, math teacher Sage Forbes-Gray begins to question whether she's the ally she thought she was.

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Tags Sage Forbes-Gray, education, teacher, Math for America, math, diversity

Jo Handelsman: Ebola Must Go

June 29, 2018

On her first day working in the White House under President Obama, microbiologist Jo Handelsman receives some bad news.

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In Health and Medicine, Epidemiology Tags Jo Handelsman, politics, government, ebola, pandemic, epidemic

Shayle Matsuda: My First Expedition As A Man

June 27, 2018

Marine biologist Shayle Matsuda adapts to his new identity as a transgender man while on assignment in the Philippines.

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In Marine Biology Tags Shayle Matsuda, marine biology, LGBT in STEM, LGBT identity, transgender, gender, Philippines

Charlie Cook: The Swarm of Bees

June 27, 2018

Science educator Charlie Cook experiments with coming out to students.

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In Science Education Tags Charlie Cook, nonbinary, gender, transgender, comedy, education

Marco Quesada: Where Women Work and Men Cry

June 22, 2018

Costa Rican ecologist Marco Quesada sees a new side of his country when he travels to Chira Island for a conservation project.

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In Ecology Tags Marco Quesada, ecology, Costa Rica, Chira, culture, conservation, mangroves, ocean

Arielle Duhaime-Ross: Finding Common Ground

June 22, 2018

Journalist Arielle Duhaime-Ross finds common ground with an Alaskan community struggling with the effects of climate change.

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In Climate Science Tags Arielle Duhaime-Ross, Alaska, climate change, journalism, climate science, gender, LGBT identity

Nisse Greenberg: My Father's Advocate

June 15, 2018

Storyteller Nisse Greenberg travels home to care for his father after a brain injury.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Nisse Greenberg, Story Collider producer, fathers, family, parents, brain injury, medicine

Eva Higginbotham: Choosing Myself

June 15, 2018

After her father, a well-known intellectual, passes away, neurobiology PhD student Eva Higginbotham tries to live up to his academic standards.

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In Neuroscience Tags Eva Higginbotham, fathers, family, graduate school, grad school, neuroscience

Alison Smith: Forgetting the Fire and Brimstone

June 8, 2018

Writer Alison Smith reconnects with her estranged father after he develops Alzheimer's disease.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Alison Smith, aging, fathers, family, Alzheimer's

Peter Brannen: Rebuilding After Disaster

June 8, 2018

Science journalist Peter Brannen mourns the loss of his mother while studying the earth’s biggest mass extinction.

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In Geology, Earth Science Tags Peter Brannen, journalism, geology, extinction, death, grief

Morgan Givens: An Alien Invasion

June 1, 2018

For Morgan Givens, the onset of puberty feels like an alien invasion.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Morgan Givens, puberty, adolescense, transgender, gender, coming out

Moni Avello: The Sister Aika Deserves

June 1, 2018

Growing up, Moni Avello struggles to understand her younger sister, who has Asperger syndrome.

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In Health and Medicine, Psychology Tags Moni Avello, asperger syndrome, family, sisters, childhood, Neuroatypical

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

Chase Masteron: A Lowly Dabo girl trying to make the world a better place

May 25, 2018

Chase Masterson's role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine inspires her to think about how she can help others.

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In Social Sciences, Psychology Tags Chase Masterson, science fiction

Elisa Schaum: The black sheep

May 18, 2018

An aspiring scientist brought up in a family of artists, Elisa Schaum feels like a black sheep.

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In Biology Tags Elisa Schaum, family, college, art+science, career, scientist origin story, Season 8

Amanda Gorman: My voice, my power

May 18, 2018

Growing up, Amanda Gorman is determined to eliminate her speech impediment.

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In Social Sciences, Neuroscience Tags Amanda Gorman, speech, speech impediment, childhood, sisters, family

Jamie Brickhouse: The Last Time She Was Mama Jean

May 11, 2018

Jamie Brickhouse begins to notice some startling changes in his mother's behavior.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Jamie Brickhouse, mothers, aging, Lewy Body Dementia, dementia, parents
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