A young woman who lived and died more than 2,000 years ago left behind remains in China that are unlike any we've seen previously. What's even more interesting is that, although cinnabar and other red ...

Scientists Find Smallpox in Viking Skeleton Teeth, Marking Earliest Sign of Plague An international team of scientists has found smallpox strains in the teeth of 1,400-year-old Viking skeletons, ...

Odds are, you have herpes. Two out of three adults under 50 have been infected with herpes simplex virus 1, or HSV-1, which causes those painful cold sores that form in and around your mouth. Once you ...

We all know what's coming when a baby tooth gets wiggly. Within days, that tooth will be nothing but a memory. Even adult teeth fall out sometimes due to injury or infection. But anyone who's seen a ...

It's not surprising to learn that women who lived during the Middle Ages didn't always get the credit they deserved, but tangible proof that further erodes our male-centric view of history is always ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the skeleton of a woman they say was probably a skilled artist who helped produce the richly illustrated religious texts of medieval Europe. The woman lived sometime ...

ALTHOUGH it is generally agreed that the teeth are less sensitive than the skeleton to the effects of dietary deficiencies of calcium, phosphorus or vitamin D (ref. 1), observations made during a ...