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Alan Guth is working on a fairly typical research paper, when he accidentally makes a huge discovery about the origin of the universe.
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Adam Rogers gets an exciting opportunity to work in a marine biology lab, and see if he really wants to be a biologist.
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Facing an incredibly important decision, April Salazar is infuriated by way scientific information about reproduction is distorted.
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As a musician and writer Jimmy Wohl thought he was the ultimate creative, then he encounters a pharmaceutical marketing campaign.
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With her truck stuck in the mud in the Serengeti, Aerin Jacob learns three important lessons.
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A remote disease comes very close to home for Queens resident Nicole Ferraro.
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A Japanese particle physicist struggles to find his place (and learn English) in the American midwest.
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John Rennie finds it’s great to be editor in chief of Scientific American, but not when all the ingredients of sarin gas are in his office.
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As a mathematician, Adriana Salerno is used to solving problems, but depression is something else entirely.
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Just after beginning a graduate program in neuroscience, Brittany Bushnell gets an unexpected look at her own brain.
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A chemistry set is the perfect opportunity for Nate Charles Troisi to connect with his engineer father.
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When reporters call to cover David Moinina Sengeh's work, that should be a good thing, but it depends on what story they want to tell.
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Tara Lagu's passion for beating her high school rival in the science fair turns into an unusual medical career.
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A surprise email leads a biologist to NASA.
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Erica Ferencik's father left his family to pursue his obsession with finding monogamy in the animal kingdom.
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