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A journey through slime

Did you know that slime cells signal to each other and seek out multiple partners? Welcome to bath time with Abi Palmer – and some revolting yet awe-inspiring grey slime.

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Between two summers

As Michael Malay tends his allotment, absorbing all the sensations of his surroundings, he finds the repetition of work calms the mind.

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My important, ridiculous nose

The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.

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Invisibility

Why do menopausal women feel invisible? Because nobody talks about menopause or because society doesn't value older women?

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  • A male and female elephant seal during the mating season. Coloured etching.
  • Sea lions on a beach in the Falkland Islands during the mating season. Wood engraving.
  • Dissection of the female reproductive organs, showing an ectopic pregnancy, together with illustrations showing surgical apparatus (?) and two insects mating. Engraving with etching, 17--?.
  • Mates super strong : certified to British standard B.S. 3704 / Mates Healthcare.
  • Mates super strong : certified to British standard B.S. 3704 / Mates Healthcare.
  • Chemical symbols. Woodall, Surgeon's Mate. 1630
  • Mercury deity from The Surgeon's Mate
  • Mates : Superstrong SK70 0810350400 EXP 10/2003.
  • Mates : Superstrong SK70 0810350400 EXP 10/2003.
  • A camp of huts made out of bamboo and matting, where refugees from Bombay live and work during the plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.
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