Droughts, Locusts, and Plague: 16th-Century Transylvanian Diaries Expose Climate Chaos
Historical texts, from official records to personal chronicles, are revealing how 16th-century weather shaped Transylvanian ...
500-year-old Transylvanian diaries detail the peril of the Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...
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Scientists Just Discovered The First Known Case Of The Plague In A 5,000-Year-Old Skeleton
"It seems that we are really close to the origin of the bacteria." A Stone Age hunter-gatherer who lived in present-day ...
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Here come the girls: How to spend Galentine’s in Bristol
ack some snacks, because paying £8 for popcorn is literally crazy, but charging £8 for popcorn should be a criminal offence. Perhaps bring a tinny or two, and spend a few hours enjoying the visuals of ...
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Scientists Have An Explanation For The Biblical Plague Of Locusts
In Exodus, God summons Ten Plagues against the Egyptians to free the Jews. Although some people view this story as … Continue ...
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On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...