3 results
- In pictures
- In pictures
Mandrake medicine and myths
| Kate QuarryLalita Kaplish
There’s a lot of plant lore about the mandrake, going back to ancient times. Find out more about how this unremarkable-looking plant got its magical reputation.
- In pictures
- In pictures
My search for a stronger voice
| Kate Quarry
Find out what kinds of treatment history offered to people suffering from voice problems.
- Article
- Article
Dealing with the dead after a nuclear attack
| Taras Young
Cold War-era predictions of death on a vast scale became routine. But the British authorities were less prepared to dispose of the bodies.