Keeping the pace with modern medicine, we sometimes nurture the thought that we somehow managed to eradicate illness which were potentially deadly during the last 3 centuries. It would seem that Victorian illnesses are not out of fashion, a fact which was confirmed by the U.K Health and Social Care Center. Far from us to even conceive that a disease represents either a … [Read more...]
Yew Tree is Changing Sex
Botanists from the British Isles stand an awe over a new discovery, involving the oldest tree in Britain, possibly on Earth. The Yew tree is changing sex and researchers are attempting to explain this rather unusual event. The Fortingall Yew, also known as the Taxus Baccata, can be found in Fortingall's churchyard. As to the age of the tree, scientists estimate that it has … [Read more...]