New research suggests that a combination of volcanic activity, cold summers and famine brought the deadly plague to Europe.

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Percolating downwards, the extra water eventually found its way into a major fault zone that slices through the 12km-long ...

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Several billion years ago, tiny little creatures called cyanobacteria may have changed the colour of the ocean.

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