On the day of the accident, Six-year-old Wongel Estifanos spent Labor Day weekend in 2021 with her uncle’s family at the amusement park, Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Colorado. The mountaintop park called itself the only theme park in the country at that elevation. Wongel boarded the Haunted Mine Drop with her uncle, his wife, two of his...
What is the safest way to drink if you want to avoid microplastics? Surely, you should avoid plastic bottles and rather use glass bottles, right? Well, a study in France recently measured the levels of microplastics in various types of beverages sold in the country. Believe it or not, they found that all of the...
After decades in business, Rite Aid closing all its stores marks the end of one of America’s most familiar pharmacy chains. The company confirmed that every location has now shut its doors for good. After years of financial strain, lawsuits, and heavy debts, the brand that once served millions of Americans has finally vanished from...
Managing pain in seniors often requires the use of certain painkillers. However, many of these medications often present a range of negative side effects. While many of these risks are known, new ones are still being discovered regularly through various studies, such as the link between painkillers and heart health. A new study has indicated...
In the waters close to the southern Californian coast, companies had been dumping their toxic chemicals for decades. Across 14 different sites, barrels containing chemicals such as DDT can be found in great numbers, some of which appear to have hazardous material leaking from them. Many of these barrels are now surrounded by glowing rings,...
The U.S. Treasury has stirred up a storm after confirming early plans for a Trump Silver Dollar to mark America’s 250th anniversary in 2026. It is supposed to celebrate the country’s semiquincentennial, but it is already dividing people everywhere. Some call it patriotic, others think it is strange, even a little political. Either way, everyone...
Susan Schmidt, a mother of two and physiotherapist in Australia, learned she had stage 4 bowel cancer at 45. She received the devastating diagnosis in September 2023, 4 months after experiencing small symptoms. She laments not paying attention to the warning signs and now warns others not to dismiss small changes and seek help. Even...
Depression affects more than 18 million adults in the United States in any given year. It is the main reason people commit suicide, and more than 41,000 individuals take their own lives every year. Therefore, finding an effective treatment for depression is vital. For the past few decades, treating major depressive disorder typically consisted of...
Researchers have discovered that glaciers across the United States, Switzerland and Canada are melting at astonishing rates. This is far faster than scientists previously projected. Glaciers in western Canada, the mainland United States, and Switzerland just had their worst year and worst 4-year period on record for ice loss. This rapid ice melt has severe...
It started with a fever and a stuffy head – symptoms that anyone would mistake for a simple common cold, the flu, or perhaps a lingering sinus infection. For Jessica Gilbert, a 42-year-old mother of two from Cincinnati, Ohio, these seemingly mild complaints were initially brushed aside as a temporary inconvenience ahead of a planned...
Bowel cancer, once considered a disease primarily affecting older generations, is now showing a disturbing rise among younger adults, including Gen Z. With diagnoses in people under 50 increasing by an alarming 50% in the last three decades, experts are issuing urgent warnings. Dr. Jack Ogden, a GP at The Lagom Clinic in Bristol, in...
What comes to mind when you think of the Sahara Desert? Today, the Sahara is a harsh environment where survival can be extremely challenging. However, it was not always this way, and once it was flourishing with life, including ancient human populations, such as the Takarkori. Recently, two 7,000-year-old Takarkori mummies were found to be...
