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!

Science
Arts
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Ari Daniel Shapiro: Narwhal tagging in the arctic
As a grad student, Ari Daniel Shapiro has to tag …
15 min
652
Brooke Borel: My dog's heart
A science writer is challenged when her dog comes…
12 min
653
Rory Scholl: What I want is to smile again
Rory Scholl has to show up on day one to a new jo…
12 min
654
Christine Gentry: Four lessons from my dad
Christine Gentry's rural, Vietnam vet father rare…
17 min
655
Diane Kelly: Confronting death on the road
After turning to a unique field of study -- erect…
20 min
656
Caroline Howe: A life in trash
A trip to India to work for an environmental prog…
14 min
657
Greg Walloch: A walk in the park
A late-night excursion to a party turns absurd an…
14 min
658
Sara Peters: Waiting for a seizure
With her epilepsy medication failing, Sara Peters…
15 min
659
Tim Manley: A superhero goes to the hospital
As a six-year old, Tim Manley has to go to the ho…
12 min
660
Love in a biophysics lab -- in memory of Michel...
We just heard the terrible news that Michelle Dob…
12 min
661
Margot Leitman: The last thing I heard
Margot Leitman faces down doctors, friends and un…
11 min
662
George Lombardi: Don't go in the water
In the Indian Ocean, doctor George Lombardi makes…
17 min
663
Madeline Huberth: The turtle and the fish
Madeline Huberth confronts the imminent death of …
10 min
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Christopher Roussi: Sufficiently advanced magic
After becoming ill during a trip to Ecuador, DARP…
12 min