That single vial—an unguentarium recovered from a tomb in ancient Pergamon, once a major medical hub—has now delivered rare, chemical evidence that human feces were used as medicine in the Roman world ...

Scientists are calling for urgent action on free-living amoebas – a little-known group of microbes that could pose a growing ...

The study of a 1,900-year-old vial found in Pergamon suggests that the Romans used feces as medicine, and thyme to mask the ...

They were said to emerge whenever a tooth went bad, perishing as soon as a crack or cavity exposed them to air. It’s a genius plot twist for a worm that doesn’t exist, as if you crack open an infected ...

A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...

People typically become infected with toxoplasmosis by eating undercooked meat or through contact with contaminated soil or cat feces. Once inside the body, the parasite is known for its ability to ...

The sea around the famous amusement spot currently holds an “F” grade from the Heal the Bay monitoring organization.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or a cascade of “snowcrete,” which might actually be plausible) for the past two ...

Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a ...

A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.

Dark-brown flakes discovered inside a 1,900-year-old Roman glass vial are the first direct evidence for the use of human ...