When biologist Melina Giakoumis can’t find a single sea star she starts to worry she’s not cut out to be a scientist and one question from a conference attendee sends math teacher Nancy Buck into panic spiral.

During the pandemic, science journalist Maddie Bender signs up to be a contact tracer and veterinarian Leslie Brooks decides to make an exception to the rules for one pet owner.

Science journalist Nicholas St. Fleur spends two years preparing for what is to be an epic solar eclipse and chemical engineer Jason Raines finds himself leading the underdog team in a high school underwater robotics competition.

When Rachel Gross winds up with a chronic vaginal infection she refuses to believe her new favorite IUD is the culprit and Bryan Berlin discovers a mysterious bump on his butt but is too self-conscious to get it checked out.

Coral reef conservationist Emily Darling is at loss when a journalist asks her if she still has hope for coral reefs and James Gordon readies himself for another one of his daughter’s heart surgeries.

While Nadia Osman is growing up, her father is determined to get her to pursue a career in STEM and Josh Silberg finds a new appreciation for his dad’s embarrassing antics when he’s forced to be an aquarium mascot.

Comedian Josh Gondelman is terrified when he gets a call that his father doesn’t remember there’s an ongoing pandemic, growing up Ken Ono dreams of being anything but a mathematician, and as a teenager, Eric Jankowski is inspired when he meets his science heroes.

Sabrina Imbler encounters strange blobs in the ocean and becomes obsessed with figuring out what they are and while visiting a new eye doctor, Derek Traub wonders if his Duane Syndrome and uneven vision are somehow connected.

After being bullied for his sexuality as a kid, Scott Taylor hesitates to bring his full self to his identity as a scientist and Kamryn Parker’s high school history teacher unwittingly influences her scientific journey.