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Amy: The Caretaker Look

March 3, 2014

Amy is passionate about becoming a hospice nurse, but finds she can't fully understand what the families she works with are going through--until one day.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Family, Biology, Aging, Medicine
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Rabiah Mayas: Identical Twins

February 24, 2014

An accidental revelation causes Rabiah Mayas to question her identity.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Family, Genetics, Biology
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Jesse Dunietz: Star of the science team

February 17, 2014

Jesse Dunietz wasn't thrilled to be the one assigned to the music portion of his high school science team -- the one part of the team that was definitely going to lose.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags School
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Skylar Bayer: Phoning Home From Alvin

February 10, 2014

Marine biologist Skylar Bayer faces her fears to go on a deep-ocean dive aboard the Alvin submersible, and ends up getting more than she expected.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Family, Marine biology
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Tonia Pinheiro: Double dose

February 4, 2014

Tonia Pinheiro is conflicted when her doctor's instructions seem dangerous

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Medicine
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Brad Lawrence: The end of the world

January 28, 2014

For a young Brad Lawrence, fears of a nuclear apocalypse are put into perspective by his mother, at first intentionally.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Medicine, Family
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Rowena Fletcher-Wood: Diffraction

January 20, 2014

As a chemistry student, Rowena Fletcher-Wood has to reconstruct the structure of chemicals, and a relationship with a friend, by interpreting complex data.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Chemistry, Dating
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Kishore Hari: We will rock the Earth

January 12, 2014

When Kishore Hari is hired to run a new science festival he thinks he has the perfect plan, but the reality was much more than he expected.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Career, Adventure
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Julian Parker: A plane nerd

January 5, 2014

After abandoning a love of flying, a former military officer gets behind the controls of a plane for the first time.

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In 2014 - Part 1 Tags Career, Engineering
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Anna Wexler: A crucial choice

December 29, 2013

There is one rule more important than any other in an fMRI experiment: no metal. But a stuck piercing makes aspiring neuroscientist Anna Wexler make a crucial choice -- end her career, or face possible serious injury?

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In 2013 - Part 2 Tags Neuroscience, School
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