Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.

The Scourge disaster sent angaran civilization into a dark age. Records of their golden era of technological advancement and proliferation through space only survived as oral history, making it difficult to separate truth from legend. Nevertheless, angara believe they had colonized numerous planets across the cluster before the Scourge's devastation left them cut off from each other for centuries.

Even if your son is circed, I doubt that your great-grandson will be.

By the final whistle at Murrayfield last night, the Australians were choking back the bitter pill of disappointment and defeat.