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Rachel Bitney Wecht: Time and pressure

August 11, 2011

Actress Rachel Bitney Wecht describes the challenges of wooing a physicist: The Story Collider’s own co-founder, Brian Wecht.

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Dating, Family, Geology, Physics
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Jonathan Schwartz: Fear of the family chemistry

August 7, 2011

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

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Chemistry, Family
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Nicole Ferraro: A fight with(out) the inventor of the internet

July 31, 2011

Technology writer Nicole Ferraro finds the one person who can’t be contacted on the world wide web: its inventor.

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Technology, Heroes
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Ibrahima Bah: A ticket to grad school

July 24, 2011

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

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Physics, Adventure, Politics, Society
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David Dickerson: Innocence

July 17, 2011

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

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags School, Biology, Dating
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Kevin Allison: The games principals play

July 10, 2011

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

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Psychology, School
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Diana Spechler: Fat camp fiction

July 3, 2011

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

 

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Medicine
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Tracy Rowland: The monkey cages

June 26, 2011

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

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Animals, Adventure
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Jeff Crouse: Second life sweatshop

June 19, 2011

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

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Technology, Art
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Erik Hofer: Growing a monster

June 12, 2011

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

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In 06/05/11-12/26/11 Tags Family, Biology
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