To make ends meet as a student, Cris Gray takes on a tough job in a university lab, and Raychelle Burks learns how to cope with death as a forensic chemist.

Raised a creationist, Adam Andis grows up to be an evolutionary biologist, and Angel Yau excels in sixth grade science with the help of her mom.

As a young bio major, Margot Wohl spends a summer with a sexist colleague, and physics student Stephanie Loeb is intimidated by her enigmatic project leader.