A Hazy Shade of Winter

Published: July 24, 2020, 8 p.m.

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"Once in a blue moon," writes Rebecca Stott, "new technologies become available that make it possible to open up ancient, long-shelved historical mysteries."\\nRebecca tells how modern science has explained the events of 536 AD when the sun \'disappeared\' and a devastating pandemic followed. \\nAnd she ponders what scientists - hundreds of years from now - will be able to tell about our current pandemic and our environmental crisis.

Producer: Adele Armstrong

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