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What It’s Like to Be in Total Darkness for 82 Hours

Technology
Michael Johnson

Darkness retreats made headlines last year, when NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers went on one in order to spend time contemplating his ...

Complaint Against Utah Pediatric Surgeons: They ‘Overoperate’ on Kids

Health
Rachel Carter

“We have a bone grafting problem here in Utah.” The quote is from an orthodontist in a ProPublica investigation into the ...

We’re Managing Diabetes Completely Wrong

Health
Rachel Carter

Insulin was a game-changer when doctors started giving it to patients with Type 1 diabetes in the 1920s. At the time, ...

New Anorexia Debate: Let Patients Stop Treatment?

Health
Rachel Carter

At what point does an extreme mental health disorder become untreatable? And must doctors continue to treat those patients, even against ...

She Said She Was Homeschooling Kids. The Truth Was Awful

Technology
Michael Johnson

Eleven-year-old Roman Lopez disappeared in January 2020, and detectives who came to his family’s Placerville, California, home after he was reported ...