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Out of the mouth trap

After 15 years of speech therapy, Jonty Claypole decided to make peace with his stammer. He explores our fear of disfluency, revealing how accepting it could actually increase our creativity and persuasiveness.

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The castration effect

Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.

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“Above resistant pavements, I floated”

In this extract from ‘Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts’, walk with Iain Sinclair through the streets of London.

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A dispatch from the frontiers of man and machine

Harry Parker’s life changed overnight when he stepped on a bomb and lost his legs. He argues that being an amputee doesn’t make him an outlier; we are all hybrid.

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  • A man seated in a chair in a landscape, holding an open book, directing a dissection which is taking place in the foreground. Line block after a woodcut, c. 1493.
  • Po-wu t'ung-shu; compiled by Daniel Jerome
  • Po-wu t'ung-shu; compiled by Daniel Jerome
  • Po-wu t'ung-shu; compiled by Daniel Jerome
  • Science instruments in Po-wu hsin-pien: Part 1: ch'u-chi (textbook on natural sciences)
  • Steam powered machinery in Po-wu hsin-pien: Part 1: ch'u-chi (textbook on natural sciences)
  • First text page of Po-wu-hsin-pien: Part 1: ch'u-chi (textbook on natural sciences)
  • First text page of Po-wu-hsin-pien: Part 3: san-chi (textbook on natural sciences)
  • Diagrams on perspective and optics in Po-wu hsin-pien: Part 1: ch'u-chi (textbook on natural sciences)
  • Cover of Po-wu-hsin-pien (textbook on natural sciences)
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