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My rainforest upbringing

In the introduction to her serial, research biologist Nataly Allasi Canales charts the influences that led her to passion for preserving the species of the Peruvian Amazon, where she spent her childhood.

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Remote romance and the common cold

Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.

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Acid and the sexual psychonauts

How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.

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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles

Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.

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  • Guinea pigs in animal houses
  • Save the Newchurch guinea pigs : born to a life of hell.
  • Save the Newchurch guinea pigs : born to a life of hell.
  • A group of domesticated guinea pigs. Colour reproduction of a painting.
  • Two guinea-pigs in a farmyard. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • Inner hair bundle, Guinea pig cochlea
  • Domestic pet. Guinea pig health check
  • Domestic pet. Guinea pig healt check
  • Inner stereocilia from Guinea pig cochlea
  • Domestic pet. Guinea pig health check
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