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Pay It Forward: Stories from CZI's Rare As One Project
Pay It Forward: Stories from CZI's Rare As One Project

After multiple relapses, Carlos Guerrero-Anderson takes a chance on an experimental treatment for his rare cancer, and Angie Weaver holds onto an unshakable belief that her daughter, who has a rare SCN2A disorder, will beat the odds.

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Pay It Forward: Stories from CZI's Rare As One Project
Pay It Forward: Stories from CZI's Rare As One Project

After multiple relapses, Carlos Guerrero-Anderson takes a chance on an experimental treatment for his rare cancer, and Angie Weaver holds onto an unshakable belief that her daughter, who has a rare SCN2A disorder, will beat the odds.

Best of Story Collider: Dating by the Numbers
Best of Story Collider: Dating by the Numbers

When online dating isn't working out for him, Tristan Attwood decides to analyze the data himself, and in search of a deal, Gastor Almonte ends up with an unmanageable number of condoms.

Misinformation: Stories about the impact of false information
Misinformation: Stories about the impact of false information

Growing up, Modesta Abugu knows firsthand the challenges rural African farmers face. But when she discovers that misinformation is making things worse, she sets out to change the narrative, and while living in South Africa, Fiona Tudor Price witnesses how AIDS misinformation devastates an entire nation.

Choice: Stories about struggling to make the right call
Choice: Stories about struggling to make the right call

When Misha Gajewski’s grandfather has a stroke while the rest of her family is out of town, she suddenly becomes the emergency contact, and after learning that her mother gave up on her dream of becoming a musician, Paula Croxson vows never to give up on her dream of being a scientist.

AI: Stories about artificial intelligence
AI: Stories about artificial intelligence

When AI takes over comedian Kyle Gillis’s job, he takes it personally, and while researching an AI model, engineer Omiya Hassan discovers one major problem: the amount of energy it’s consuming.

Hubris: Stories about over-confidence
Hubris: Stories about over-confidence

As a kid, JR Denson is determined to master the art of homemade french fries—but then his kitchen experiment goes up in flames, and faced with a looming Science Olympiad deadline, Adam Ruben is sure his last-minute “clock” made from a bag of water will do the trick.

Best of Story Collider: A Whole New World
Best of Story Collider: A Whole New World

Sean Bearden has never been interested in education, but when he's incarcerated at the age of 19, he finds a passion for physics, and when Victoria Manning decides to get a cochlear implant, she fears losing her identity as a deaf person.

Don't Be Dramatic: Stories about downplaying it
Don't Be Dramatic: Stories about downplaying it

When Jess Nurse feels a throbbing pain in her gut, she chalks it up to heartbreak, and when Maryam Zaringhalam’s physician mother goes in for brain surgery, everyone insists there’s nothing to worry about.

Coasting: Stories about having it easy
Coasting: Stories about having it easy

After years of academic achievement, newly minted professor Stephanie Rowley is caught off guard when every paper she submits is rejected, and growing up, Kate Schmidt always thought of herself as the “smart kid,” but that identity is shaken when she gets to university and receives her first C.

Attitude: Stories about inner strength
Attitude: Stories about inner strength

Paralyzed but undeterred, Scott Imbrie is on a mission to regain movement, and after an accident leaves them with severe burns on over a third of their body, Emily Hespeler works to find their way back to themselves.

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