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Nurturing my autistic, gender-questioning child

As mother of an autistic child who questions her gender, Jude Lax describes cherishing her growing daughter as she explores her identity.

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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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How Indigenous insight inspires sustainable science

The forest of the Amazon Basin is inextricably bound up with the lives of the Indigenous peoples living there. Find out how they feel about the forest, use what it provides, and try to protect it from aggressive commercial exploitation.

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The 200-year search for normal people

Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.

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  • A grandmother hands a copy of the Bible to her granddaughter. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer after H.P. Briggs.
  • A grandmother hands a copy of the Bible to her granddaughter. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer after H.P. Briggs.
  • A girl kneels in front of an old lady who has a book on her lap. Etching by P.A. Rajon after G. Paul Chalmers.
  • A young woman sits on the floor at the feet of her grandmother who has been reading from the Bible on the table nearby. Colour woodcut by Edmund Evans after J.E. Millais.
  • A young man plays a violin as an old lady dances with a child (grandchild?). Lithograph.
  • A small boy places his grandfather's wig and hat on his younger sister; the grandfather looks on with amusement. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1824.
  • A girl stands in front of her grandmother who is holding a letter which she is questioning the girl about. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.C. Wood.
  • Max Neuburger and "Jackie"(grandson). Photograph by Neuburger, 1948.
  • Two young children hide as two adults come into the room where the children have been playing with their precious antiques. Engraving by T.A. Dean after J. Jenkins.
  • Two young children hide as two adults come into the room where the children have been playing with their precious antiques. Engraving by T.A. Dean after J. Jenkins.
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