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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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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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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet

Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.

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How to cure the eco-anxious

Could community activism be the key to overcoming a fear of environmental collapse?

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  • San Francisco, California: view of the city. Photograph, ca. 1880.
  • A woman and a man on the telephone representing the AIDS Spanish Helpline; advertisement by the San Franciso AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A man's hands, one raised to his chest, the other holding a lit candle; advertisement for the 12th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization on May 21st 1995. Colour lithograph by Guzman.
  • Children's artwork from the World AIDS Day poster contest, each bearing the words 'time to act'; advertisement for AIDS awareness by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Lithograph.
  • The face of a youth advertising STOP AIDS evenings for young gay and bisexual men. Colour lithograph.
  • Superman disguised as 'bleachman' wearing a condom as a hat, holding a syringe and bearing the letter 'B' for bleach; instruction leaflet on how to clean syringes issued by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph, 1988.
  • A telephone wire crosses the page diagonally with information about the AIDS Hotline; advertisement by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Tony Agpoon and Debra Heiser.
  • A skeleton and its shadow. Pen and ink drawing by Joyce Cutler Shaw, 1992.
  • Death's triumph over a much loved family man; illustrated by a skeletal death figure pulling the hair of the retreating doctor. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1814, after himself.
  • Death's triumph over a much loved family man; illustrated by a skeletal death figure pulling the hair of the retreating doctor. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1814, after himself.
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