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Eating their own kind

In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.

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The current that kills

In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.

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Divining the world through an artist’s almanac

Amanda Couch's artists book, 'Huwawa in the Everyday: an almanac' is inspired by the entrail like folds of a medieval folding and its function as a guide for astrological divinations linking the body, health and the heavens. Like the original almanac her work is designed to be carried out into the wider world.

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Beyond a green carpet

Plant ecologist Sara Middleton explores the amazing symbiotic relationships between the species that make up grasslands, and considers their future as rain becomes more scarce.

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  • The Richardson Lethal Chamber, (patented) : for the painless extinction of lower animal life / Lethal Chamber Company.
  • The Richardson Lethal Chamber, (patented) : for the painless extinction of lower animal life / Lethal Chamber Company.
  • The Richardson Lethal Chamber, (patented) : for the painless extinction of lower animal life / Lethal Chamber Company.
  • The male and female Irish elk (Cervus megaceros), now extinct. Reproduction of a painting by J Smith.
  • Animals in danger / The Body Shop.
  • Animals in danger / The Body Shop.
  • Animals in danger / The Body Shop.
  • Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Hippopotamuses with elephants in African jungle, representing the Behemoth of the Old Testament. Colour wood engraving attributed to Edmund Evans, 1867.
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