Asthma had always held Tara Turner back, but when the doctor tells her she’s officially “obese,” she decides to make a change, and Paul Aflalo struggles with the decision to get gastric bypass surgery.
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As a deaf person, Alma Schrage doesn’t see a place for herself in the traditional academic world of science, and after a fall leaves Jennifer Piatek paralyzed, she must rethink how she defines herself as a scientist.
Read MoreProm King and Queen: Stories from our fourth Proton Prom
Pamela Toh is dead set on being the “bad kid” at school, and on a family vacation to Disney, Matthew Dicks becomes more and more frustrated by his daughter’s strange behavior.
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When Christine Gentry moves across the country to California, she struggles to find community, and after moving to Beirut, Lebanon from the U.S., Mary Ann Perkins doesn’t understand why everyone keeps staring at her.
Read MoreAt First You Don't Succeed: Stories about trying again
As the team principal of the autonomous racing team, Madhur Behl is determined to win, and Engineer Mate King searches for a plane that crashed in the remote mountains of Idaho.
Read MoreLGTBQIA2S+: Stories in celebration of Pride Month
After fully embracing their asexuality, Katherine Holmes begins questioning the necessity of a romantic relationship, and Julie Tomé is thrown for a loop when her child announces they’re “not a girl”.
Read MoreClueless: Stories about not knowing
Growing up in sexually conservative Ireland, Connor O’Donoghue is completely in the dark about sex, sexuality, and anatomy, and Justina Assaad thinks the nausea she’s feeling while waiting to go parasailing is just a fluke.
Read MoreMispronunciation: Stories about how we say things
As someone who values language, Jerzy Gwiazdowski is thrown into turmoil when his partner says “suposably,” and no one can ever say Casie Caldwell’s name correctly and it makes her furious.
Read MoreIncompetence: Stories about lacking skills
As a student, Emily Pitts was never a fan of science, but now, as a middle school teacher, she’s not feeling confident in her skills to teach the subject, and despite his deep desire to study science, Andrew Barnes is constantly told he can’t.
Read MoreMothering: Stories about being a mom
Silvana Clark finds a bat in her newborn’s room and thinks it may have bitten her baby, and Leah Moore navigates the challenges of raising a daughter with cri-du-chat syndrome alongside her other children with their own special needs.
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