Stories
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
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Providing care across languages
When medics are taught in English but their patients speak other languages, effective communication becomes fraught. Niyoshi Shah explores the linguistic gaps between patient and doctor.
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It’s getting mighty crowded
Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.
Catalogue
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Plagues upon the earth : disease and the course of human history / Kyle Harper.
Harper, Kyle, 1979-Date: [2021]- Books
Sustainability or collapse? : an integrated history and future of people on earth / edited by Robert Costanza, Lisa J. Graumlich, and Will Steffen ; Program Advisory Committee, R. Costanza [and others].
Dahlem Workshop on Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (2005 : Berlin, Germany)Date: [2007], ©2007- Archives and manuscripts
Papers collected by Dr Joan McMichael (1906-1989)
Elfrida Rathbone AssociationDate: 1964-1965Reference: MS.8830- Books
Death and survival in urban Britain : disease, pollution and environment, 1800-1950 / Bill Luckin.
Luckin, BillDate: 2020- Books
The little republic : masculinity and domestic authority in eighteenth-century Britain / Karen Harvey.
Harvey, Karen, 1971-Date: 2012