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Printing the body

The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.

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Good animals, bad humans?

Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.

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Our complicated love affair with light

Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.

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Virtual reality and the fix of the future

Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.

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  • Sanatorio Mussolini, Rome; bird's eye view. Process print.
  • Sordomuti institute, Bologna: bird's eye view of the San Giuseppe courtyard. Process print.
  • Queen's College, Oxford: bird's eye view and printed text. Line engraving.
  • Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, Germany: bird's eye view of the town with an ornamental frame showing scenes from the plague. Etching by J.A. Fridrich with printed text.
  • Middlesex Industrial Schools, Feltham, Middlesex: aerial scene. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres, 1857, after Banks and Barry.
  • Jesus College, Cambridge: bird's eye view with a key and coat of arms. Line engraving.
  • The bath house and cold baths of Bungay, Suffolk with a description of the baths. Line engraving.
  • The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.
  • Mexico: reconstruction of the teocal (Aztec pyramidal temple) of Cholula. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1820.
  • Leiden pest house, bird's-eye view. Etching.
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