Jack Rodolico confronts his lifelong fear of sharks when he joins the crew of the SSV Robert C. Seamans.
Read MoreThe Art of Itchy
Allie Munier has a long history of being afflicted by itchiness -- from chicken pox to lice -- but when she's twenty years old she encounters an itch so severe it threatens to take over her life.
Read MoreSlaying the Dragon of Depression
When Jessica Little is struck suddenly with depression during her junior year of college, she struggles to accept the diagnosis.
Read MoreThe Departed Queen
When chess player Dana Mackenzie goes up against a formidable opponent, an international grandmaster, his relationship with much-feared technology plays an unusual role in the match.
Read MoreThe Nature of the Knight Bus
As the editor of Nature magazine—the science version of a rock star—Chris Gunter was lucky enough to handle genome papers . . . but then came "the chimpanzee genome spectacle."
Read MoreMy Mother's Heart
When John Timmer inherits the heart condition that killed his mother, not even his PhD or career as a science writer can offer much reassurance.
Read MoreOf Ghosts & Scientists
When physicist Ferran Macia meets ghost hunter Cloe, he thinks she's crazy—until he begins helping her with her investigation and realizes they have more in common than he'd thought. This is a translation of a story originally performed in Spanish at The Story Collider's show at The Cervantes Institute.
Read MoreAdonis & the Bone Marrow
Hanuman Welch was forced to leave his man-child ways behind and grow up when his brother was diagnosed with cancer. Anna Karakalou illustrates this story from our podcast.
Read MoreThe Frog Story
A high school student learns some uncomfortable truths about herself after her science project turns deadly.
Read MoreImmortal Popsicle: A Tale of DIY Cryonics
Emma Komlos-Hrobsky tells the story of Nederland, Colorado—a place where death is literally a party—and the man who started it all by storing his frozen dead grandfather in a Tuff Shed in his backyard. (Yes, really.)
Read MoreDeath Becomes Me
Matthew Dicks died when he was twelve years old. And then, when he was seventeen years old, he died again.
Read MoreInside the Monkey Lab
Guy Schaffer wanted to understand the brain, but the only job he could find was in a monkey lab—a lab where a monkey attack led to a deeper set of crises.
Read MoreHow to Pronounce Death
As a medical student, Matthew Pantell learns a real-life lesson medical school couldn't prepare him for: how to pronounce someone dead.
Read MoreEditor's Note: A History of Physics & Souls
The best way to study things by going there, looking at them, and reporting back. A fact that makes death particularly challenging to understand. But as I was told, one Harvard physicist thought he had a way around that.
Read MoreMotion-Induced Blindness
Cognitive neuroscientist David Carmel experiences the consequences of intrigue and ambition in the lab, while studying the phenomenon of motion-induced blindness.
Read MoreTime & Pressure
Artist Thomas Boguszewski illustrates Rachel Bitney Wecht's story of her struggle to woo a physicist—The Story Collider's own Brian Wecht.
Read MoreAwake
I blinked my eyes open. Early morning sunlight sneaked through the blinds on my window, casting a glow on the mess on my floor. Sitting up, I saw my bedroom in complete disarray. There were ripped Hefty bags and stuffed animals spanning twenty-four years strewn across my rug. My room looked like the scene of a barnyard massacre. Looking under my covers, I discovered I was clutching a giant pastel-blue stuffed bunny I'd received as an Easter gift when I was twelve. I could only assume I had spent hours in frantic search of this toy, tearing through our storage areas until I located it. I didn't remember doing any of that, couldn't remember the evening at all. But I never could when I was on Ambien. Groggy and confused, I tossed my comforter to the side and started to clean up the mess.
Read MoreQ&A With Darlene Cavalier: Cheering for Science
Darlene Cavalier, founder of Science Cheerleader and SciStarter, explains how she challenges stereotypes in science with the power of cheerleading.
Read MoreQ&A With Mariette DiChristina: Born a Scientist
Mariette DiChristina tells Double X Science about her life as editor in chief of Scientific American, expressing her femininity as a scientist, and angry letters from readers.
Read MoreI Was Schrodinger's Cat
After moving to a new city, Emma Komlos-Hrobsky decides to break the ice with the perfect Halloween costume: Schrodinger's Cat.
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