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The psychology of Ouija

Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.

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Finding a cure for homesickness

While technology can mitigate some aspects of homesickness, other components of home are harder to replicate. Find out how 21st-century studies are helping homesickness sufferers find silver linings in their new situation.

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Finding solidarity in arachnophobia

Arachnophobia is very different from just disliking spiders. Izzie Price shares the reality of having the phobia, and explores its likely origins.

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Homesick for planet Earth

Find out how homesick astronauts spend their free time, and how recreating home cooking from freeze-dried ingredients can cheer them all up.

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  • A pair of hands, a heart and birds in flight representing an advertisement for the Canadian HIV Trials Network. Colour lithograph by Beverly Deutsch.
  • Universities and their sons : history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees / editor-in-chief, General Joshua L. Chamberlain ; introduction by W.T. Harris.
  • A black man holds a condom between his thumb and finger representing an advertisement for an exhibition on The Art of AIDS Education at Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Massachusetts between April 6 - 20, 1992. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Hand of M.H. G[lyn?]: radiograph. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, ca. 1896.
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