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Ocean Discovery: Stories about what we discover at sea

October 2, 2020

Stuck in the lab with buckets of jellyfish, Shreya Yadav must rethink why she's studying what she's studying in the first place, and underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen comes face to face with an animal he wasn't expecting.

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In 2020 - Part 2

Strangers: Stories about the people we don't know

September 25, 2020

Even though he's an excellent student, and later a doctor, Dale Okorodudu finds that strangers perceive him differently, and Laura Bulk, who has been partially blind since she was a baby, struggles with strangers' attempts to "help."

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In 2020 - Part 2

A Little Luck: Stories about needing luck to get by

September 18, 2020

Studying Marine Biology in Florida, Philadelphian Kory Evans feels like a fish out of water... while fishing, and Carla Katz finds out she has a brain aneurysm while getting screened for a kidney transplant.

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In 2020 - Part 2

Childhood Experiments: Stories about being scientists before we were ready

September 11, 2020

In high school, Saad Sarwana decides to go from nerd to bad boy with a prank that he learned in chemistry class, and as a college student, Andrew Akira Hansen loves chemistry so much that he takes his experiments out of the lab and into the parking lot... and the shower... and anywhere else he could.

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In 2020 - Part 2

Family: Stories about the people we hold dearest

September 4, 2020

After leaving class early, Sonia Zárate gets a startling phone call about her daughter, and an indoor kid at heart, Sam Dingman goes on a hike anyways and ends up making a shocking discovery.

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In 2020 - Part 2

Research: Stories about becoming a part of the process

August 28, 2020

Erik Vance's first job reporting on scientific research doesn't smell as much like success as it smells like manure and Liz Neeley observes hypnosis from the inside when she becomes the subject of the experiment.

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In 2020 - Part 2

Coincidences: Stories about looking for a chance encounter

August 21, 2020

In difficult times, park ranger Gary Bremen takes solace in "sea hearts" that wash ashore, and when Dawn Fraser finds out that she and her twin brother, Dwayne, who was born with Down Syndrome, are one in a million, she searches for other twins like them.

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In 2020 - Part 2

Animal Rescue: Stories about animals who need our help

August 14, 2020

While running an errand, Andrea Azarian happens upon a lost horse that needs her help, and left in charge of the farm for the first time, Gwynne Hogan panics when a goat goes into labor.

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In 2020 - Part 2

Challenges: Stories about challenges we didn't know we needed to face

August 7, 2020

Transporting virginal fruit flies from Houston to Honolulu proves to be no easy task for Patricia Savant, and when a storm rocks the cruise ship where he works, Mike Funergy worries about how the elderly passengers will handle it.

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In 2020 - Part 2

Scientists in Love: Stories about the fantasies

July 31, 2020

When Saurin Choksi starts dating a neuroscientist, it challenges his assumptions about gender roles, and Wendy Suzuki's trajectory as a neuroscientist is forever altered by a passionate love affair in Paris.

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In 2020 - Part 2
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