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The smile catchers

From facial recognition to emojis in apps, find out how the monitoring of emotions is used to get more out of workers.

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How not to play

Here are seven ways to sidestep doing as you’re told in a game. But strangely, they seem to be as much a part of playing as the game itself.

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When contemporary dance meets dyspraxia

Discover why a rare neurological condition meant an enthusiastic club-night dancer struggled with formal dance classes. And how persisting with those classes paid off.

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The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit

Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.

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  • Aniridia + deletion, FISH probes
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy deletion, FISH
  • Metaphase, deletion on chromosome 15
  • Familial aniridia deletion shown by cosmid
  • Aniridia, Wilm's tumour, deletion - FISH
  • Pressure Palsy, deletion c'some 17, cosmid
  • Pressure palsy, deletion c'some 17, cosmid
  • DiGeorge syndrome - 22q11deletion - FISH
  • Genetics frame of reference - the size of various genetic components, including DNA, a base pair, various sizes of deletions, chromosomes and genes are listed and compared with more familiar objects such as the Solar System, planets, cities, hospitals, wards, and so on.
  • Frederick Le Gros Clark. Photograph by Moira ["& Haigh" deleted].
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