North America sent millions of dollars in aid to Ireland during the Great Famine. A group of enslaved people in Alabama were among those who donated.

Epigenetic programming from prolonged undernutrition and terror can persist 3–4 generations, plausibly contributing to ...

The devastating Irish potato famine triggered an "arms race" between plants and pathogens, reveals new research. A ground-breaking examination of the genetic material found in historic potato leaves ...

As we celebrate Irish culture on Saint Patrick's Day, we should also remember their darkest moment. Famine struck Ireland in the 1840's leading to mass starvation. Disease had ruined the potato crop ...

The potato blight did not only affect Ireland; it caused widespread crop failures and famine in Europe, from Sweden all the way down to northern Spain, and many thousands of the poor in a number of ...

We now know what caused the Irish potato famine. Scientists have pinpointed the pathogen by using plant samples collected in the mid-19th century. Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden ...

He’s a chip off the old block. A new dad who comes from a long line of cops and firefighters — dating back to the Irish potato famine — was promoted at an FDNY ceremony Friday along with dozens of ...

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