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Exceptional talent and the trouble with IQ tests
Is a high IQ really a mark of genius, or does something else explain the exceptional?
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Silent threat
As Vanessa Peterson recovered from a frighteningly serious illness, she wondered whether it was linked to air quality. For many communities, she found, pollution is a political issue.
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Enduring taboos and the future of skin bleaching
Many condemn skin bleaching in public while secretly lightening their own complexions. To break away from these taboos, we need honest information and open conversation.
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Reversing the psychiatric gaze
Nineteenth-century psychiatrists were keen to categorise their patients’ illnesses reductively – by their physical appearance. But we can see a far more complex picture of mental distress, revealed by those patients able to express their inner worlds in art.
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The history of the civil wars in Germany, from the year 1630 to 1635: also, genuine memoirs of the wars of England, in the unhappy reign of Charles the First; Containing The whole History of those miserable Times, until the King lost his Head on the Scaffold, in the memorable Year 1648. Written by a Shropshire gentleman, Who personally served under the King of Sweden, in Germany; and on the Royal Side, during the unhappy Contests in England.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: in 1782
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On group contests / Jakob Bolin.
Bolin, Jakob, 1863-1914.Date: 1899- Books
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An apology for the civil rights and liberties of the commons and citizens of Dublin. Containing a succinct account of the foundation and constitution of this city; some Remarks on the New Rules of the Lords Berkley and Essex; and the Opinion of the Recorder, delivered to the Assembly, concerning the Contests between the Commons and the Aldermen, on the 13th of October, 1743. In which is Interspersed, A Vindication of the Conduct of the present Commons. Addressed To the Free-Citizens, and all Lovers of Truth and Liberty. By Charles Lucas, one of the Commons.
Lucas, Charles, 1713-1771.Date: 1748/9- Books
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Divelina libera: an apology for the civil rights and liberties of the Commons and citizens of Dublin. Containing an account of the foundation and constitution of this city; some Remarks on the New-Rules of the Lords Berkeley and Essex; and on the Opinion of the Recorder, delivered to the Assembly, concerning the Contests between the Commons and Aldermen, the 13th of October, 1743. In which is Interspersed, A Vindication of the Conduct of the present Commons. Addressed To the Free-Citizens, and all Lovers of Truth and Liberty. By Charles Lucas, one of the Commons.
Lucas, Charles, 1713-1771.Date: M,DCC,XLIV. [1744]