During the cold war, when nuclear tensions were at their height, rampaging B-movie monsters were the result of accidental exposure to radiation; nowadays plague seems a greater threat to humanity.

在核问题高度紧张的冷战期间，肆意猖狂的次级电影怪物是由于意外遭受核辐射而产生的；而如今似乎瘟疫对人类的威胁更大。

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But the explanation seems often to be man-made, misguided aggression or science gone wrong - accidentally released plague, nuclear war, or genetic modification gone awry.

然而事件背后的解释往往是人为操纵、武器失控或科学试验的失误，后者造成意外的瘟疫、核战或转基因工程导致了无法控制的后果。

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