Archaeological excavations in Pompeii have unearthed a new discovery after researchers exhumed the petrified remains horses and their riding accessories, the Italian newspaper Ansa reported Sunday. Inside the ancient villa of a high-ranking military officer, the remains of two or three horses were found, Pompeii archaeological park head Massimo Osanna told Ansa. Volcanic ash and scalding vapors serging from the mouth of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. killed city residents and suff

Winter is around the corner and with falling snowflakes come microscopic plastic particles, at least that’s what scientists say is happening in the Arctic right now. Over 10,000 particles of plastic were found per litre of snow in the Arctic, a new study conducted by a team of German-Swiss researchers said in a study published in the journal Science Advances. Rubber particles and fibres were also detected in the freshly fallen snow samples collected from the Svalbard islands

This Civil War medical kit was handed down generations from a field surgeon to his grandson, Dr.William S. Hagler (55). New research shows that without the aid of anesthetic, Incan surgeons were more skilled than Civil War doctors at cranial surgery. Careful inspection of skulls from the Incan Empire as well as pre-Colombian Peru revealed that hundreds of Indigenous went under the knife and premodern surgeons had an 80 percent success rate as compared to the 50 percent succes

A team of archaeologists are determined to find the sunken remains of Hernan Cortes’ ship which sank to the bottom of the bay of Villa Rica in Veracruz, Mexico in 1519. According to Mexican archaeologist Roberto Junco, the conquistador’s boats could be just 15 meters below the bay’s floors. In a desperate move for control, Cortes sank his fleet outside Yucatan after conquering the Aztec empire to keep his men from breaking ranks and focused on the goal in Tenochtitlan, Mexico

Eight million tonnes of plastic drift through the darks waves of the world’s oceans which is approximately 51 trillion microplastic particles or over 500 times the number of stars in our galaxy and experts say it’ll increase by 40 percent by 2025. Social media videos offer a glimpse of the damaging effects single-use products are having on the world. Articles, reports, and studies provide statistics and warn readers that by 2050, there will be more disposable items than fish

By Monica Sabella, Horticulturist, Journalist The art of foraging has existed since the stone age, traveling through the centuries from the shelves of so-called witches and the pots of medicine men. Although, transcended by modern medicine, a movement has emerged to return to the old ways. One social media influencer stood out from the rest when New York gave her center stage for creating a safe space for minorities to explore wildcrafting. Dressed in frilly attire and makeu

By Monica Sabella - Master Gardener, Journalist With the season springing into gear, the anticipation of a healthy harvest can drive eager gardeners to do whatever it takes to protect their crops. A quick spray is fast, easy and cheap, but disposing excess chemicals and containers require a little more care and forethought if we want to protect the things we love. A few drops sit at the bottom of a Miracle Grow container. It’s about five years old, gathering dust on the shelf

“[The doctor] remained, waiting for them to sign" the consent form for tubal ligation, the attorney told officials.

“I’ve had many women contact me from across the country and ask me for help," said Senator Yvonne Boyer.

If caught early, syphilis can be treated with penicillin; however, left untreated it can lead to miscarriage, sickness or newborn death.

British Columbia has filed a lawsuit against 40 pharmaceutical companies for “corporate negligence and corruption.”