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The entire span of human history has been an arms race of survival adaptations against diseases which seem to be out to completely destroy us, both as individual organisms and as a collective species. Every time we come up with a new technique to combat v...
History is dotted with epidemics and plagues, but a certain number of them stand out as unique for their severity and impact on future generations. This is a list of the worst plagues in mans recorded history.SEE ALSO: 10 Of Human Historys Most Atrocious ...
The plague has killed hundreds of millions, sweeping across entire countries and bringing civilizations to their knees. Even though we now know more than those who suffered through the biggest outbreak, knowing more about the disease makes it no less frig...
Spring is asparagus season, and an unusual variety of the vegetable becomes easier to find this time of year. While perusing the farmers market, you may spot pale, ivory-colored asparagus stalks alongside the familiar green kind. Though they vary in taste...
Throughout human history, there have been numerous plagues that managed to kill an innumerable number of people within a short span of time. The Justinian Plague was one of the deadliest plagues in known history, with millions of fatalities. It was right ...
Called the last great plague of London, the Great Plague began in the spring of 1665 and ended roughly a year later. Officially, over 68,000 people died, but many believe that the number of plague deaths was closer to 100,000.During this time, the people ...
When there was no effect treatment for most infectious diseases in the past, the best advice that medical minds could give you was the Latin phrase Cito, longe, tarde (Leave quickly, go far away, and come back slowly).Fleeing a plague and sitting it out i...
Thanks mainly to their distinctive masks, plague doctors have remained a symbol of horror for hundreds of years. Featured in all forms of artfrom paintings to video gamesthese birdlike professionals never really slipped from the public consciousness. It i...
On April 14, 1910, President William Howard Taft was among the thousands of baseball fans who had thronged to the ballpark in Washington, D.C., to watch the Washington Nationals play the Philadelphia Athletics in their first game of the season.But Ta...
Courtesy of Everett CollectionHamaguchi Ryusukes Oscar-nominated Drive My Car took eight prizes at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony, held on Friday at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takawana in Tokyo.In addition to the best picture award, the f...
Courtesy of Warner Bros.Warner Bros. has shuffled the release dates for several movies, including “Black Adam,” “The Flash,” “Aquaman 2,” “Wonka” and “Shazam 2.”“Aquaman and the Lost K...
Courtesy of DogwoofFrom the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker David France (How to Survive a Plague) could sense the scale of the threat looming on the horizon. A long-time health reporter who has spent dec...
Whether or not Marvel's vampire known as Morbius will come face to face with Spider-Man remains to be seen. However, Sony Pictures has been leaning into Spider-Man connections through the marketing materials of their Morbius movie which has fueled pl...
Spider-Man: No Way Home hid the returns of Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire throughout the film's marketing campaign to avoid spoiling the plot. Now that the film has been released on digital download and a release date for the Blu Ray has been anno...
A new image of Jared Leto's Joker from David Ayer's unseen cut of Suicide Squad has been released. ReleaseTheAyerCut leaked the image earlier today on Twitter and from what we can see, Joker had another scene that took place in his purple Lambor...
A black-suited Superman looks menacing as he fires his heat vision in the third trailer tease for Zack Snyder's Justice League trailer coming on Valentine's Day. Shared by director Zack Snyder, the footage gives us a few glimpses at the kind of ...
The final teaser for Zack Snyder's Justice League has dropped. The director has been teasing fans all week with the official full-length trailer, which will be released tomorrow. The footage, like the previous teasers, is brief, but it packs in a lot...
We have a brand new trailer for Zack Snyder's Justice League. This has been a long time coming. Snyder has been working on the fabled Snyder Cut for months now after years of fan demand led Warner Bros. to allow the filmmaker to realize his vision. N...
Zack Snyder has brought the infamous "We Live in a Society" Joker meme to life. The director/writer just revealed it in the latest Justice League trailer, which was released earlier today. Snyder was finally able to go back and make the movie th...
