Devil’s Club: A Brief History
Devil’s club (Oplopanax horridus) is one of the most important spiritual and medicinal plants to indigenous peoples who lived...
Monthly Archives: November 2022
The Taínos are Not Extinct: Ancient DNA Recovered from the People who Met Columbus
Genetic testing reveals evidence of a people who were once thought to be extinct In 1492, Christopher Columbus made...
“If it weren’t for modern medicine, we’d all be dead by now.”
While modern medicine refers to the combined effort of a wide variety of healthcare professionals (physicians, pharmacist, nurses, etc.)...
The Split Brain Experiments
In a series of experiments patient’s brains were cut in half—while they were still alive. The earliest records of...