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=====Bronze Age plague wasn't spread by fleas===== | |||
[https://www.science.org/content/article/bronze-age-plague-wasnt-spread-fleas by Anne Gibbons 22/10/15 Science] | |||
The plague has caused death and destruction in Europe at least since Roman times, launching at least three major pandemics that changed the course of history—the Plague of Justinian from 541 to 544, which weakened the Byzantine Empire; the Black Death, which killed almost half the population of Europe between 1347 and 1351; and the Great Plague of 1665, which lasted more than 30 years. Ancient DNA researchers have shown in recent years that Y. pestis caused all three of those pandemics. But until now, they were unable to determine whether Y. pestis caused reported plagues 2224 years ago in China and almost 2500 years ago in Greece. They suspected that ancient versions of the plague were not as devastatingly rapid in spread, but they could not test that idea because they lacked samples of the earlier pathogens. | |||
=====Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’===== | =====Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’===== | ||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-national-guard-troops-marines-morale by Andrew Gumbel 12/6/25 The Guardian] | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-national-guard-troops-marines-morale by Andrew Gumbel 12/6/25 The Guardian] | ||
