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David Roberts, The Conversation

Coronavirus: Why Daniel Defoe’s book about the 1665 plague is relevant today

Surprisingly, as people learnt later, Defoe had made the whole thing up.

David Roberts, The Conversation
· Apr 16, 2020 · 05:30 pm
Species thought to be extinct are being sighted again. Are they rising from the dead?

Three supposedly dead species were seen in the past month alone, raising the question of how species are declared extinct in the first place.

David Roberts, The Conversation
· Mar 10, 2019 · 09:30 pm