Environmental disasters involving huge oil tankers poisoned wastewater and thousands of tons of lead. The lead got into the ...

Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a problem of the past, as the globe gradually weaned itself off leaded gasoline ...

Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a problem of the past, as the globe gradually weaned itself off leaded gasoline in road vehicles in 2021. But has global lead pollution truly been ...

Sometimes tried and true gardening techniques take the cake. From ancient irrigation systems to natural fertilizers, these ...

Is this the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed? Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ancient superpower is so ...

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

The discovery drastically recontextualizes a part of Roman history. Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman brooch from underneath a whiskey distillery in Scotland, revealing a heretofore unknown ...

The temporary structures will return next month—but in the meantime, visitors will enjoy rare unobstructed views of the ancient hilltop temple in Athens Cool Finds The marble sculpture, discovered at ...

NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that included the phrase ...

NEW ORLEANS — There is a mystery that archeologists and anthropologists are trying to solve. That mystery starts with a find in the backyard of a local home and will soon end in a city about an hour ...