Stories
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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Yoga gets physical
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
Catalogue
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Nuclear explosions and their effects.
Defence Science Organisation (India)Date: 1958- Archives and manuscripts
Fell, Dame Honor Bridget (1900-1986)
Fell, Dame Honor Bridget, 1900-1986Date: 1919-1988Reference: PP/HBF- Archives and manuscripts
Mellanby, Sir Edward
Mellanby, Edward, Sir, b. 1884.Date: 1896-1974Reference: PP/MEL- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence: colleagues and general
Date: 1935-1988Reference: PP/ASP/APart of: Parkes, Sir Alan Sterling (1900-1990)