Diverging

Growing up and going through puberty, the only thing many of us learned about the menstrual cycle was the period part. But there's so much more to it. How charting the cycle's fertile signs can be the basis for an effective method of contraception. And, how it saved a woman's pregnancy.

An elementary school in L.A. County was built on a contaminated site and made its community sick — How that community came together to demand change, and a controversial plan to build a new school.

When River was first told that something was wrong with their body, they didn't think it was that big a deal. But the medical system and their parents disagreed. Outside pressure to make River "normal" would cause them tremendous pain and turmoil — until they discovered there's more than one right …

This week, the FDA will make a decision on whether or not to approve the first ever treatment for achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. But not everyone is celebrating. This controversial treatment is forcing parents of children with achondroplasia to grapple with an age-old question: W…