Catherine Vercuiel

Catherine Vercuiel

Wellness Journalist

Catherine loves figuring out what makes content tick and how to get brands seen online. She believes marketing should be simple, effective, and maybe even a little fun. When she’s not working, she’s hanging out with her husband, son and her two cats. She’s also learning to code, drinking way too much coffee, and trying to balance life, work, and whatever chaos the day throws at her.

Imagine a world where rivers flowed across lush landscapes, where early mammals roamed beneath warm skies, and where life thrived in places we now consider Earth’s most desolate. Now imagine that world perfectly preserved, frozen for 34 million years beneath two miles of Antarctic ice. Scientists have just discovered exactly that. A prehistoric landscape larger than Belgium, complete with...

When Air India Flight AI171 departed Ahmedabad Thursday afternoon bound for London, nobody expected the routine flight would end in a crash that would devastate India. London-bound passengers settled in for the long haul. Instead, within minutes of takeoff, all 241 souls aboard were gone. Only one passenger walked away from the wreckage. What makes this tragedy even more unsettling is what...

Some people glide down the sidewalk while others shuffle along at a crawl. Turns out this difference could determine how long you live. Health experts now call walking speed the “sixth vital sign” because this simple measurement predicts your future health better than many expensive medical procedures. What makes this even better is that you don’t need any needles or...

When you’re soaking through sheets and feeling bone-tired despite rest, your body might be sending urgent messages that are more alarming than you’d expect. Night sweats and crushing fatigue? They’re common cancer symptoms that just happen to strike at night while you’re sleeping. These experiences don’t guarantee cancer. Most people with these signs have other causes. But recognizing when they shift from normal to concerning can help...

Last week, a street interview fooled everyone entirely. The woman confidently discussed AI making ‘haters go crazy’ while an interviewer listened intently. Someone watched from behind as pedestrians moved naturally through the nighttime scene. Everything looked completely authentic. Then someone revealed the truth, and people felt uncomfortable. Google DeepMind’s Veo 3 generated this entire 8-second...

A new medical simulation video by Dr. Paulien Moyaert shows how cancer progresses and leads patients to death. The truth is very different from what most people think. Instead of “spreading everywhere,” cancer kills by attacking specific organs that keep us alive. The deadliest process starts when a single cancer cell breaks away from the original tumor and travels through the blood...

On May 29, the village of Blatten in Switzerland disappeared under an avalanche of ice and rock when a glacier above it collapsed. Within just two minutes, 9 million tons of debris came tumbling down the mountainside, burying an ancient Alpine settlement. The impact was so powerful it registered as a 3.1-magnitude earthquake, making this one of the nation’s biggest landslides. When Swiss...

Astronomers discovered a 60-meter asteroid on December 27th that could hit Earth in 2032. This asteroid, 2024 YR4, could potentially kill millions if it struck a city, immediately triggering a coordinated global response. Within hours, telescopes worldwide began tracking its path while space agencies started planning response missions. Scientists have eight years to act if the asteroid stays on...