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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman

How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.

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Ancestry, privacy and the family tree

Wanting to find out more about her Jamaican grandfather, Tanya Perdikou contemplates DNA testing. But first she has to consider the potential impact of unexpected results.

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The castration effect

Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.

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  • Astronomy: a map showing the paths of several eighteenth century eclipses over England. Engraving, 1787.
  • Astronomy: eclipses (top), and the Moon's passage around the Earth. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • Astronomy: eclipses (top), and the Moon's passage around the Earth. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • The "eclipse" drenching bottle.
  • Just published, (price 2 s.) curiously engraved, and printed on a sheet and half of fine elephant paper : a new method of representing the general geography of solar eclipses, exemplified in a specimen of that which is to happen on the 18th of February next.
  • Just published, (price 2 s.) curiously engraved, and printed on a sheet and half of fine elephant paper : a new method of representing the general geography of solar eclipses, exemplified in a specimen of that which is to happen on the 18th of February next.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of an eclipse. Engraving by Seale.
  • The "Eclipse" radiant heat hand lamp / Stanley Cox Ltd.
  • The "Eclipse" radiant heat hand lamp / Stanley Cox Ltd.
  • Astronomy: a view of London in 1748, with diagrams of an eclipse. Engraving.
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