When Julie Carrick Dalton goes to check on her bees one day, she notices something isn’t right, and Jon Schulz thinks rescuing a neglected apiary is the perfect opportunity to expand his beekeeping business.
Read MoreBest Of Story Collider: Science Saved My Life
When Cailin Gallinger struggles with her gender identity in college, her volunteer position in a plant lab becomes a lifeline, and in the midst of homelessness and abuse, Rose DF dreams of a life in science.
Read MoreGoodbyes: Stories about saying goodbye to a loved one
When Sanjana Murthy misses her grandfather’s funeral, she struggles with the lack of closure, and Paul Barach impulsively decides to walk the Pacific Coast Trail to escape the grief of his girlfriend’s suicide.
Read MoreVaginas: Stories about the female anatomy
When Milly McDermott is 15, she finds a grapefruit-sized tumor growing out of her vagina, and after a guy she was dating tells Dawn Harris she has two vaginas, she can’t help but wonder what is going on down there.
Read MoreIdentity Crisis: Stories about defining yourself
After Fernando Cuevas flunks out of college, he’s worried he’s destined to be stuck at his dead end Best Buy job forever, and when Sonia Rehal’s sister passes from complications caused by the rare disease lipodystrophy, she doesn’t know how to define herself in the absence of her other half.
Read MoreWith A Little Help: Stories about the power of really good friends
Months into her fly experiment Michaela Agapiou still can’t catch flies efficiently and now she’s faced with the challenge of scaling up her experiment, and in order to get a good grade in her biology class, Ashely McKelvy designs her own experiment that requires her friends to drink a cup of coffee every 20 minutes.
Read MoreGenetic Mysteries: Stories about unravelling DNA secrets
When Mackenzie Brown’s adoptive father passes away suddenly from a heart condition, she is determined to find out what genes she did inherit, and Martha Buford Reiskind thought the case of her mom’s murder was closed when no DNA match came up for the single piece of hair left at the scene.
Read MoreFood Fights: Stories about trouble eating
Danielle Meinert struggles to eat anything other than cheese pizza, Easy Mac and toast with butter, and Ellis Ballard has life-threatening food allergies, which makes eating, drinking and living life challenging.
Read MoreInto Shape: Stories about losing weight
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.
Read MoreDisability Pride: Stories in honor of Disability Pride Month
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.
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