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Bird-spotting from medieval to modern times

What use is ‘twitching’? Exploring materials created over 500 years shows that there’s more to birdwatching than meets the eye.

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Getting around the rules of sex education

What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?

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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy

Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?

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The neuroscience of how we navigate

Christopher Kemp describes the mysterious case of Amanda Eller, a hiker who got lost in the woods. How can someone take a few steps off a well-marked trail and completely disappear?

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  • Bird's Concentrated Egg Substitute / Alfred Bird & Sons, Ltd.
  • Bird's Concentrated Egg Substitute / Alfred Bird & Sons, Ltd.
  • Bird's Custard Powder : original flavour / Alfred Bird & Sons Ltd.
  • Bird's Custard Powder : original flavour / Alfred Bird & Sons Ltd.
  • As sure as [eggs] are [eggs,] Bird's concentrated egg powder is unrivalled / Alfred Bird & Sons.
  • Bird of paradise seed
  • "When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing" the praises of Bird's custard powder / [Alfred Bird & Sons Ltd.].
  • A most useful and important application : Bird's Botanic Essence, or Liquid Blister : for general lameness in horses... / W.L. Bird.
  • A most useful and important application : Bird's Botanic Essence, or Liquid Blister : for general lameness in horses... / W.L. Bird.
  • Thomas Beddoes. Pencil drawing after E. Bird.
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