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A series exploring careers in STEM: science, technology, engineering and math

Math
Meet one of the ‘world’s most interesting’ mathematicians

By Lakshmi ChandrasekaranMay 9, 2025
Materials Science
This engineer uses light to get hearts pumping

By Aaron TremperApril 29, 2025
Health & Medicine
Dad’s backyard lessons inspired this hearing scientist to learn

By Aaron TremperApril 11, 2025
Fossils
This paleontologist solved a nearly 50-year-old dino mystery

By Aaron TremperMarch 26, 2025
Math
His love of math led to a career in quantum computing

By Aaron TremperFebruary 28, 2025
Computing
This computer scientist uses math to help people be treated fairly

By Maria TemmingFebruary 14, 2025
Space
Jane Rigby helped make the James Webb telescope a superstar

By Lisa GrossmanFebruary 3, 2025
Brain
This neuroscientist looks at how your brain plans for the future

By Bethany BrookshireJanuary 3, 2025

Microbes
Under the microscope, this biologist sees a tiny jungle

By Maria TemmingDecember 4, 2024
Animals
Magic helped this researcher trick birds for research

By Aaron TremperOctober 18, 2024
Animals
This biologist tracks seadragons, with help from the public

By Aaron TremperSeptember 25, 2024
Humans
Rain Bosworth studies how deaf kids experience the world

By Meghan RosenSeptember 13, 2024