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How stories bring us together

Elif Shafak considers how hard it is to be heard in our divided world, but how listening can nurture wisdom, connection and empathy.

  • Article

Equality in genetics

Genetic counsellor Sasha Henriques harnessed her energy and resolve to tackle the racial biases she saw in her profession – with positive and promising results.

  • Article

Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination

The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.

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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet

Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.

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  • Two world globes advertising World AIDS day. Colour lithograph.
  • Two personified female and male world globes holding hands; advertising awareness and education in AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph, ca. 1988.
  • Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].
  • Cynara scolymus (Globe artichoke)
  • Celestial Globe, 1750, Universal Magazine
  • Galileo contemplating the globe. Bronze.
  • Geography: four types of globe. Engraving.
  • Diagram of the Globe showing 'Tabloid' usage
  • Geography: a combination orrery and globe. Coloured engraving.
  • A philosopher with a celestial globe. Oil painting, ca. 162-.
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