Stories
- Article
People against pollution
Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.
- Article
The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo
Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Papers of M H F Wilkins: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms newsletters
Date: 1981-1990Reference: K/PP178/11/21/2Part of: Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)- Archives and manuscripts
Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to Scientists Against Nuclear Arms
Date: 1981-1990Reference: K/PP178/11/21/1Part of: Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)- Archives and manuscripts
Scientists against Nuclear Arms
Date: 1983-1990Reference: SA/MED/J/1/20Part of: Medact- Archives and manuscripts
Scientists against Nuclear Arms: Lionel Penrose Trust's Scientific Education Account
Date: 1981-1985Reference: SA/MED/J/1/21Part of: Medact- Books
Nuclear winter : a new dimension for the nuclear debate / Christopher Meredith, Owen Green & Mike Pentz.
Meredith, ChristopherDate: [1984]