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Designing death in the virtual city
| Konstantinos Dimopoulos
Danger and death are fun when they’re virtual – and when they incorporate realistic elements. Now the tables are turned, as urban planners learn from game environments.
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The psychological impact of nuclear war
| Taras Young
How would you hold up psychologically if a nuclear bomb was dropped? Discover the British government’s secret predictions from the 1980s.
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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
| Aparna NairTracy Satchwill
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
| Allison C Meier
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
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Synaesthesia, or when senses overlap
| Lydia Ruffles
What’s it like to see heartbeats, taste Tube stations or hear paintings?