According to researchers the human remains found on an ancient shipwreck from 2100 years ago will shed some light on the past that was thought to be lost. The researchers found human remains off the Greek Island of Antikythera in the Aegean Sea and have been studying them at a site in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Because of the deaths they are […]
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Guatemalans are suffering from “an epidemic of chronic pessimism,” said Jose J. Camacho. We all seem to agree that “everything is bad, nothing is certain, everyone has a price, and something evil lurks behind every good deed.” The media fuel these perceptions by covering every new incidence of violence exhaustively, lavishing special attention on the most frightening and lurid details […]
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As the world’s largest land mammals, elephants should suffer one of the highest cancer rates—they simply have far more cells that could potentially mutate and become malignant. But new research reveals that elephants rarely get cancer—and the reason why may help in the search for human treatments. Only about 4.8 percent of elephants die from cancer, compared with up to […]
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For years it has been thought that the dinosaur was brought to extinction by either an asteroid or volcanic activity. Researchers have now found that it was both of these that brought down the dinosaur. With the eruptions it may have caused the climate to change for the dinosaurs and other forms of life on earth. The study shows that […]
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New York University Langone School of Medicine have discovered what might possibly be an unknown organ that lines the digestive, respiratory, and urinary tracts. This organ may be helping in the transportation of cancer cells around the body. They discovered this by the use of routine endoscopic procedures where they can enter the patient’s stomach and take a look at […]
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LONDON – A teenager who bullied another student in his class by throwing cheese at him claimed he had no idea that “allergies could be fatal” during an inquest into the 2017 death of a 13-year-old boy who suffered anaphylactic shock after being hit in the neck by a piece of cheese. Karanbir Singh Cheema, who went by Karan, had […]
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As we age a third of us may contract Alzheimer’s, or dementia, and another third may have cognitive decline. The last third researchers have found that they are very healthy, and researchers are very interested in studying this group. The American Association for the Advancement of Science found that people who live well into their 90’s and above are living […]
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In January 2016, Concepcion Picciotto died at the age of 80 after holding vigil outside the White House to protest the use of nuclear weapons. She was a familiar sight to passersby and tourists as she protested the use nuclear weapons. One of her signs read “Read My Lips, No New Wars,” and one other one stated “Live by the […]
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In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblica newspaper, Eugenio Scalfari, stating that non-believers (Atheists) would be forgiven by God if they followed their consciences. Responding to a list of questions published in the paper by Mr Scalfari, who is not a Roman Catholic, Francis wrote: […]
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American culture is sick, and secularism is the cause of our disease. That, said Steve Chapman, is the contention of religious conservatives like presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who insist that feminists, liberals, and gay marriage have undermined traditional morality, and that only a return to our Christian roots will cure what ails us. But all evidence suggests that this view […]
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