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Maria McKinney on ‘Sire’

All my grandparents were farmers; I grew up in the countryside surrounded by farms and helped neighbours herd sheep and cattle into the field. My body of work called ‘Sire’ looks at the genomics of modern cattle breeding.

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Sharing Nature: Parks for people

Paula Broom’s photograph of Sydney’s Centennial Park shows the complexity and joy we find in urban greenery.

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The conditional child

Deanna Fei asks what it means to sustain a life, drawing on her own experience of having a premature baby as well as an 18th-century essay.

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The secrets your teeth hold

Discover how innocuous-looking human teeth hold a wealth of hidden information about our diet, health and evolution.

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  • Broadsheet: John Hinge, Operator for Corns and Nails.
  • The death blow to corns.
  • The death blow to corns.
  • Coloured etching: 'Comfort to the corns'; J. Gillray
  • German soldiers suffering from corns contrasted with French soldiers who are shown as free from corns owing to the remedy "Spécifique Victorieux". Colour lithograph, 1870/1900 (?).
  • An itinerant street vendor selling cures for corns. Coloured pen drawing.
  • A. Guthery, A treatise on the origin, nature, and treatment of corns
  • "No secret remedy": natural solutions to baldness and corns. Lithograph after J. Bahr, 1909.
  • Remedies against insect bites, corns, indigestion, burns, gout, poisoning etc. Lithograph by F. D'Avignon, 1857.
  • "Ivy Leaf" cures corns : speedily removes obstinate corns without pain : its use ensures a speedy cure, a certain cure, a painless cure : takes up no room in the boot : it is a great boon to ladies & gentlemen / T. Bentley.
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