Memories of pandemics are often contentious. They can be disputed, uncomfortable and politically charged. As the COVID-19 ...

I n her Clarendon Lectures ​ , given at Oxford in 2023 and recently published as Poetry’s Nature (Oxford, £25.99), Susan ...

The oldest-known traces of plague, around 5,500 years old, have been discovered in hunter-gatherer burials in Siberia. Found at one of four ancient burial sites, the discovery predates the previous ...

Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago The earliest evidence for an outbreak of plague has been uncovered at late stone age ...

Set 15 years before A Plague Tale: Requiem, play as Sophia, a fierce young plunderer, on the run and determined to uncover the secrets of her past. Dive into an original story blending combat, myth ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Dive in→ The next entry in the Plague Tale series is ...

A mouse plague is invading farms and homes in southern and Western Australia. But what does that really look like? Be warned: if you're squeamish, you may not want to find out. Unless you're in the ...

Got a mouse in your house? That thought alone may terrify you. Now imagine if mice were scampering through your house, rummaging in your pantry or even running across your face at night. That sounds ...

You’re probably familiar on some level with plague, the terrifying illness that killed more than a third of the population of Europe in the Middle Ages. The Black Death, or bubonic plague, was the ...

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One of humanity’s oldest and deadliest killers is staging a modern-day comeback. The so-called “white plague” reclaimed its title as the world’s deadliest infectious disease in 2023 after being ...

A stunner of a debut film follows a group of boys at a water polo camp, where an outsider is just trying to fit in. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...