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Oct 26, 2010 05:02 PM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
Syphilis arrived in Europe centuries before the famous explorer Christopher Columbus even set sail for the New World.
Nov 24, 2009 01:33 PM ET // James Williams
If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag...we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation. Below you'll find an audio link to a weekly podcast where you can hear three of us Discovery News folks pitching the 6 weirdest/most interesting/didn't-make-the-big-headlines s...
Nov 24, 2009 01:59 PM ET // James Williams
Today we got some bad news about climate change: it's happening faster than expected. If I'm one of the 38.4 million people hitting the roads and skies tomorrow, does this mean I'm going to make things even worse by adding more carbon emissions as I travel? Is trying to visit Grandma...
Nov 25, 2009 02:08 PM ET // Lori Cuthbert
We were wondering whether there were any stories out there today about the balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which turns 85 this year. Something sciency. The answer to that is "nope," but I found something even better: The official Web site of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Par...
Oct 27, 2010 11:49 AM ET // Liz Day
Archaeologists believe they have finally discovered the Jamestown church where a 19-year-old Pocahontas married her tobacco farmer husband.