Stories
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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How Indigenous insight inspires sustainable science
The forest of the Amazon Basin is inextricably bound up with the lives of the Indigenous peoples living there. Find out how they feel about the forest, use what it provides, and try to protect it from aggressive commercial exploitation.
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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Devilry and doom in 1666
Disastrous events and a significant combination of numbers signalled the end – or perhaps a new beginning – in 1666. But for some, this feverish period fuelled unprecedented inventiveness and development.
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Science and the seance.
Date: 2005- Books
Science, race, and ethnicity : readings from Isis and Osiris / edited by John P. Jackson, Jr.
Date: [2002], ©2002- Books
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Researches in the phenomena of spiritualism / by William Crookes.
Crookes, William, 1832-1919.Date: 1874- Books
William Crookes (1832-1919) and the commercialization of science / William H. Brock.
Brock, W. H. (William Hodson)Date: [2008], ©2008- Archives and manuscripts
Oddments on Spiritualism
Date: c.1865Reference: MS.4987/2Part of: Wellcome, Solomon Cummings (1827-1876)