“Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths.”
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The Curse of Kenya’s Long-Distance Runners
“Kelvin Kiptum had the world at his feet. Then it all ended in an instant.”
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Drugs Killed 8 Friends, One by One, in a Tragedy Seen Across the U.S.
“It just, it took them.”
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Cancel Culture on Campus: ‘Most of Us Are Terrified’
“The tragic death of ‘cancelled’ Oxford student Alexander Rogers made headlines earlier this month. But undergraduates at some universities are not surprised.”
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Inside the Enhanced Games, Where Athletes Compete on Steroids. And Growth Hormones. And Adderall.
“Most drugs are banned in the world of elite sports, but not here. In this competition—backed by Peter Thiel, Donald Trump Jr., and Saudi royalty—the athletes are guinea pigs. And if those backers have their way, you’re next.”
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The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs
As the drumbeat of psychedelic drugs’ therapeutic impact grows louder, it’s little surprise that companies are looking for new compounds that can rival psilocybin and LSD — while also being proprietary and patentable. Enter Compass Pathways and their star chemist, Jason Wallach. As John Semley reports for Wired, Wallach’s mad-scientist act is a childhood dream […]
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The Search
“More than thirteen years ago, Araceli Salcedo Jiménez’s daughter, Rubí, was disappeared from a bar in Orizaba. Since then, Araceli has led an effort to dig up hundreds of clandestine graves looking for the victims of Mexico’s drug war. She is still digging.”
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A Septic Tank in This Tiny Arizona Town Could Crack a 2006 Cold Case
“Keith King vanished 19 years ago in Seligman. A private detective thinks he knows where King’s body is — and who killed him.”
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Science Cheats: A Reading List on Unscrupulous Scientists
Six stories on the shady side of scholarship.
