I wanted to know why my LED lights weren't lasting as long as they were supposed to. The answer wasn't what I expected.

Color temperature-shifting. Fading. Flickering. Flat-out failing. How many ways can an LED underperform to “10-year life” ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. The lightbulb was flickering over my head. Not the idealized cartoon ...