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Sockets and stumps
| Dr Emily Mayhew
Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.
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A dispatch from the frontiers of man and machine
| Harry ParkerSteven Pocock
Harry Parker’s life changed overnight when he stepped on a bomb and lost his legs. He argues that being an amputee doesn’t make him an outlier; we are all hybrid.
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Adapting to life as a thalidomide survivor
| Ruth BlueHollie Chastain
Growing up as a thalidomide survivor meant coping with all the usual challenges of childhood and adolescence, while having to fit into a world designed for the able-bodied.
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How light pollution affects our circadian rhythms
| Christine Ro
Too much of the wrong sort of light can send our natural cycles off-kilter – is city life messing with your circadian rhythm?
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The art of scientific glassblowing
| Helen BabbsThomas S G Farnetti
Exciting things happen when art, craft, engineering and science collide. Glassblower Gayle Price is proof of that.