"It seems that we are really close to the origin of the bacteria." A Stone Age hunter-gatherer who lived in present-day ...

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...

The decade from 536 to 546 AD was only the beginning: in fact, there were Other volcanic eruptions In 540 and 547 that a very serious situation already went to worsen, which in addition to the drastic ...

On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...

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As a climate lawyer who spends my days fighting global heating, which has intensified the wildfires ripping through Los Angeles, I was both sad and angry to be fleeing my Altadena home last ...

Pandemics are a rare but well-acknowledged risk that the world has experienced repeatedly in the past, from the Justinian plague to the Black Death and the Spanish flu. Though the risk of a ...

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and Beyonce - but with a lot more chariots. Script and narration by Emma Nagouse ...

Sarris argued that, in light of recent genetic findings, ancient texts need to be interpreted differently. Some historians argue that there is a lack of literature surrounding the plague during ...

World radio premiere of Albert Camus’s classic novel of a town hit by plague and how its residents respond to quarantine. Recorded during UK lockdown with actors self isolating. Show more The ...