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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta

A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.

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Acting, disableism and inclusive theatre

Deaf theatre director Jenny Sealey discusses inclusivity, community and the resilience of disabled actors.

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My mother, and metaphors of a pandemic

A pandemic. Two members of one family, living thousands of miles apart. And months of calls and messages that helped them grow closer.

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Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes

After years of longing for a cure for her type 1 diabetes, Daisy Watson Shaw, partly due to medical advances in managing the condition, has reached a state of acceptance. Her wishes now are for greater understanding.

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  • A typefounder making type characters for printers. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Type punches, tweezers etc. (top), with specimens of roman and italic fonts (below). Engraving by Aubin after himself, Defehrt dirext.
  • Plan (top), and three-quarter view (below), of a type case, lettered for a key. Engraving by Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A specimen of printing types / Alex. Wilson and Sons.
  • A specimen of printing types / Joseph Fry and Sons, letter-founders, Worship-Street, Moorfields.
  • A specimen of printing types / Joseph Fry and Sons, letter-founders, Worship-Street, Moorfields.
  • Mexican funerary urn of type found at Zapotec tombs, Oaxaca
  • blood cells
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Intelligence Without a Brain

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