2,000-year-old bones add evidence against the idea that Columbus brought syphilis to Europe. A European outbreak of the STD at the end of the 14th century was long attributed to the conquistadors. But DNA analysis does not match that story, a new study shows. The idea that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis from the New World … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The English, Germans and Italians called it the French disease. The Poles called it the German disease, while the Russians blamed the Poles. In France, the disease was dubbed the “Neapolitan disease” after the French … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The English, Germans and Italians called it the French disease. The Poles called it the German disease, while the Russians blamed the Poles. In France, the disease was dubbed the “Neapolitan disease” after the French … Read more