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The hell of hay fever

After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.

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Deciding a date for the end of the world

When will the world end? Charlotte Sleigh explores how our obsession with dates and dramatic imaginings of the end can distract us from the dangers slowly creeping up on us.

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The secrets your teeth hold

Discover how innocuous-looking human teeth hold a wealth of hidden information about our diet, health and evolution.

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Yoga adapts to time and place

A yoga teacher in 1930s India inspired today’s transnational practice with his spectacular fusion of tradition and innovation.

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  • A wealthy doctor counting money. Lithograph.
  • A man exhibiting a counting horse with an unidentified object underneath. Engraving, 1785.
  • A boy is concentrating on counting with a slate and pen (or measuring with compasses). Engraving.
  • A woman sits at a wooden box counting money out of a basket onto a tray. Watercolour.
  • Two money-lenders counting their money, the one writing the ledger wears spectacles. Mezzotint after Q. Matsys.
  • Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (1667-1747), counting off the clans that fought for the Pretender. Etching after W. Hogarth.
  • South Africa: an employee of De Beers counting the diamonds mined that day. Photograph by J.E.M., 1896.
  • South Africa: an employee of De Beers counting the diamonds mined that day. Photograph by J.E.M., 1896.
  • A man and a woman are counting their money with Death watching, armed with hourglass and scythe. Mezzotint by I. Meheux.
  • Two money-lenders counting their money and keeping their accounts, one wears spectacles. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1791, after Q. Matsys.
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