Stories
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The big freeze
In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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When you can’t return home
Migrants and refugees cannot choose to return home, so homesickness becomes a profound and long-lasting feeling. This powerful force infuses migrant cultures, and is rarely given the serious attention it warrants.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
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Nutrition research in Africa south of the Sahara / [Scientific Council for Africa South of the Sahara].
Scientific Council for Africa South of the Sahara.Date: [1957?]- Books
Science in the development of Africa : a review of the contribution of physical and biological knowledge south of the Sahara / [E. Barton Worthington].
Worthington, E. Barton (Edgar Barton), 1905-2001.Date: [1958]- Books
Stored food products = Les produits alimentaires emmagasinés : meeting of specialists on stored food products Salisbury 1957.
Meeting of Specialists on Stored Food Products (1957 : Salisbury, Rhodesia)Date: [1958]- Books
Food enrichment in South Africa : a study of principles of food enrichment and their application to food policy in South Africa, with special reference to the use of fish flour for the protein enrichment of bread.
National Nutrition Research Institute (South Africa)Date: 1959- Books
Seventh meeting = Septième réunion : Bruxelles 25-30. VIII. 1958 / International Scientific Committee for Trypanosomiasis Research.
International Scientific Committee for Trypanosomiasis Research. Meeting 1958 : Brussels, Belgium)Date: 1958