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What the wind can bring

In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.

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Thunderbolts and lightning

Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.

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The sickness in the wellness industry

In recovery from anorexia, Gwen Smith began to realise how the wellness industry needs its followers to feel bad about themselves in order to make money out them.

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The epilepsy diagnosis

Epilepsy exists between the mind and body, something that Aparna Nair experienced for herself when she was diagnosed as a teenager.

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  • Benign Stricture of Small Intestine
  • Devi in her benign and ferocious forms
  • Devi, in benign aspect. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma, 18--.
  • Profile of a benign looking woman exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Cow foregut showing multiple warty growths (papillomas). These have grown from the gut lining, which is formed of squamous epithelium (consisting of flat, thin cells). These benign (non-cancerous) tumours can be caused by papillomavirus infection.
  • D'une nouvelle espèce de tumeurs bénignes des os : ou, Tumeurs à myéloplaxes / par Eugène Nélaton.
  • D'une nouvelle espèce de tumeurs bénignes des os : ou, Tumeurs à myéloplaxes / par Eugène Nélaton.
  • Un sarampión benigno : con suero humano normal : Anti-Sarampión P.B. liofilizado / Plasma y Biologicos, S. de R.L.
  • Un sarampión benigno : con suero humano normal : Anti-Sarampión P.B. liofilizado / Plasma y Biologicos, S. de R.L.
  • Michelangelo Gianetti. Stipple engraving by C. Lasinio after G.B. Benigni.
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