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When monarchs healed the sick
| Rita YatesSteven Pocock
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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Busting myths about turkey-baster babies
| Christine RoSteven Pocock
The popular idea of sex-free, turkey-baster-led conception has been around since the 1970s. Christine Ro goes beyond the utensils drawer to find out if it’s ever really happened.
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- Book extract
The 200-year search for normal people
| Sarah ChaneyMaïa Walcott
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.