As a child, TC Waisman is told that she is on the autism spectrum, but her mother refuses to accept the diagnosis, and growing up, Craig Fay develops strategies to hide how terrible he is at math.

Zoology student Devon Kodzis's strategy of attracting boys with fun animal facts proves difficult, and away from her boyfriend for grad school, Meisa Salaita starts to fall for a chemistry classmate who's her complete opposite.

Science journalist Erik Vance decides to get cursed by a witch doctor for science, and after taking a rock from Mauna Loa, volcanologist Jess Phoenix starts to worry that her offering to the volcano goddess Pele was not enough.

Kambri Crews attempts to smuggle a gift into prison for her father, who is deaf, and as Kristine Lycke enters kindergarten, her mother starts treatment for a mysterious illness.

In the third grade, Lylianna Allala finds out that her partner on the class solar system project isn't allowed to come over to her house, and after surviving leukemia in her childhood and becoming a cancer research scientist, Vicky Forster finds herself working alongside the same doctor who saved her life.

Journalist Sarah Kaplan normally covers the science beat, but when tragedy strikes in Las Vegas, she takes on an assignment unlike any she's had before, and while covering the devastating impact of an earthquake in Thailand, journalist Maryn McKenna reflects on tragedy in her own life.

As a marine biology student, Liz Neeley loves the order of science, but when a research expedition takes an unexpected turn, she must deal with the messy reality, and when Erin Barker is diagnosed with two chronic illnesses, she has to say goodbye to four of her favorite things.

When his students keep having “accidents" during nap time, kindergarten teacher Alvin Irby investigates, and in Aida Rosenbaum’s first month as a high-school science teacher, a fight breaks out between her students.

At 22 years old, Jenn Montooth is accepted to graduate school just as she discovers she's pregnant, and studying addiction as a neuroscientist gives Anna Miller a new perspective on her past.

When there's an explosion in the chemistry lab, graduate student Chanté Summers springs into action, and when Adriana Briscoe's professor accuses her of cheating, she scrambles to save her reputation and her spot on the biology lab's field trip.