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After getting accepted to a PhD program, Max Departee can’t help but feel like he’s not good enough to be there, and Han Arbach is worried coming out as nonbinary will ruin their scientific career.
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In an attempt to be seen as “cool” by his friends, Azhar Bande-Ali reaches out to the Steve Wozniak and invites him for coffee, and Don Picard can’t stop using technology to keep tabs on his son.
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Zoe Wisnoski takes matters into her own hands when her son has months of ongoing fevers, and during the pandemic, epidemiologist Bryon Backenson becomes disheartened when the public stops cooperating with public health authorities.
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When Yves Jeffcoat is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she isn’t sure how to manage this new normal, and Jameer Pond keeps ending up in relationships he doesn’t want to be in, so his therapist suggests he take a sex sabbatical.
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Kate Marvel's dream of being a genius takes her to Cambridge to study astrophysics, and when Joe Normandin begins to question his sexuality as a teenager, he turns to neuroscience for help.
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After debunking Bella Hadid’s treatment for chronic lyme disease, Fola Olusanya finds herself in a heated debate with another TikToker, and during the pandemic, infectious disease researcher and science communicator Laurel Bristow receives a flood of hate mail.
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After giving birth to her second child, Julie Raskin doesn’t know how to handle his constant crying and need to nurse, and as a new immigrant and surprise cancer patient, Emmanuel Paul navigates the complexities of the US healthcare system.
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