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The Lifesaver’s Other Project Frederick Banting’s name appears in the 1923 Nobel Prize records, awarded alongside John Macleod for co-discovering insulin. Banting was 32 at the time, the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He divided his share of the prize money with his research partner Charles Best. The … Read more

The Impossible Crime Scene Imagine walking into a room and finding a person’s torso reduced to gray ash while their feet, still in their socks, sit a few inches away and are completely untouched. The furniture around them is intact. The curtains haven’t caught. A fire hot enough to destroy bone requires sustained, intense heat, … Read more