The Story Collider

Whether we wear a lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since grade school, science is shaping all of our lives. And that means we all have science stories to tell. Every year, we host dozens of live shows all over the country, featuring all kinds of storytellers - researchers, doctors, and engineers of course, but also patients, poets, comedians, cops, and more. Some of our stories are heartbreaking, others are hilarious, but they're all true and all very personal. Welcome to The Story Collider!

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Arts
Performing Arts
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Karen James: I Could Be an Astronaut
A surprise email leads a biologist to NASA. Dr K…
15 min
527
Erica Ferencik: My Dad & His Mice
Erica Ferencik's father left his family to pursue…
13 min
528
George Church: Playing With Fire
George Church learns a lesson on the power of nat…
11 min
529
John Dimandja: The First Day Of Class
Professor John Dimandja is confused when his clas…
14 min
530
Diana Reiss: Who is training who?
Early in her career researching dolphin intellige…
10 min
531
Uzma Rizvi: Being an Archaeologist
At a checkpoint in Iraq, not knowing if she'll ge…
15 min
532
Brian Wecht: The Littlest Experiment
For physicist Brian Wecht, his new baby is the pe…
16 min
533
Jessica Henkel: Stuck
Ecologist Jessica Henkel finds the keys to her re…
17 min
534
Carter Edwards: Brontosaurus Claus
Not even the truth about Santa Claus and George W…
17 min
535
Rose Eveleth: Looking For Help
Rose Eveleth always wanted to be fiercely indepen…
12 min
536
Virendra Singh: Farm To School
Virendra Singh is responsible for carrying on his…
16 min
537
Sean Carroll: What Would Stephen Hawking Do?
Sean Carroll gets a fabulous job offer—to work wi…
13 min
538
Carl Hart: My Cousin's Meds
When neuroscientist Carl Hart meets with his cous…
14 min
539
David Kipping: Falling To Other Worlds
A near-fatal accident on a mountain leads exoplan…
12 min
540
Chris Gunter: My Prosthetic
Geneticist Chris Gunter worries about passing on …
13 min
541
Bradford Jordan: The Brain In The Trunk
Bradford Jordan finds there's more to the brain h…
12 min
542
Renee Hlozek: Who Looks Like A Scientist?
An offhand sexist comment enrages Renee Hlozek, a…
10 min
543
Elin Roberts: The Bacon Sandwich
A simple interview about a bacon sandwich turns i…
16 min
544
Jon Ronson: Jon Ronson Vs Jon_Ronson
When Jon Ronson discovers a twitter account prete…
17 min
545
Molly Payne Wynne: An Accomplice To Fish Murder
A summer job in Yellowstone National Park isn't q…
12 min
546
Bianca Jones Marlin: It's Because She's Black
On the first day of grad school for her PhD, a fe…
11 min
547
Hillary Rea: A Standard Pregnancy
Hillary Rea enjoys her job as a "standard patient…
12 min
548
Adam Becker: How To Save Your PhD Supervisor
When Adam Becker realizes a visiting film crew is…
18 min
549
Erin Barker: Plants And People
Erin Barker's attempt to save a college relations…
14 min
550
Indre Viskontas: The Man Chart
Neuroscientist Indre Viskontas and her friends tu…
13 min