Surgery in UC Hospital operating room, 1924. This photograph from 1924, taken in one of the operating rooms at the University of California Hospital (present day UCSF), is spare and almost austere.

The ingredient — a staple of cuisines around the world — is increasingly showing up on restaurant menus and in cookbooks in the U.S.

For a winter food run that actually feels worth the miles, this iconic Detroit stand delivers the kind of old school coney experience locals never stop craving.

The pretzel basket makes an appearance too, giving a nod to Wisconsin’s German heritage and our collective agreement that pretzels are an acceptable vehicle for cheese consumption. Served with dipping ...

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.

Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research ...

Princess of Bagicz fell off a cliff 100 years ago, but archaeologists couldn't figure out the date of her burial until now.

Archeologists found evidence that ancient Romans may have used a medical treatment involving perfume... and human feces.

Ancient Peruvians used bird guano to fertilize maize and build a major civilization in the Chincha Valley in Peru.

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than 2,000 years ago.

Dr. Marta Chmiel-Chrzanowska and her colleagues conducted a multidisciplinary analysis of the only known preserved wooden coffin from the Roman Iron Age, the Princess of Bagicz. The study, published ...

When you think about foods that promote healthy digestion, dairy products probably do not come to mind first. In fact, many ...