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Between sickness and health

In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.

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Chillies and the trouble with Scoville

Measuring the heat of these peppers can leave you a little lukewarm.

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Sharing Nature: Plastic fantastic

There are serious concerns about plastics in the environment. Yet they make our lives much easier, even in the natural world.

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Bubbles of history

Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.

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  • River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.
  • Ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • India: a bridge of boats over the Jumna River. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • Large rock in the river Ganges, India. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Ayodhya seen from the river Ghaghara, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Patna seen from the Ganges, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.
  • Ghat near Etawah on the river Yamuna, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Boats on the Ganges at Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • Dutch settlement at Chinsura on the Hugli river, West Bengal. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Ghāzīpur, Uttar Pradesh: a ruined palace on the river Ganges. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
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