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Good animals, bad humans?

Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.

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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.

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How nature is defending itself in court

The idea that nature has legal rights is increasingly being taken seriously, but who gets to speak for it? Isabella Kaminski asks how the non-human can be represented within a human-made system.

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Leaving Mexico and finding refuge in hope

In Mexico, violence of all kinds – organised, street, domestic – is accepted as normal. From the UK, Laura Morales speaks out and fights to help those suffering back home.

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  • A man sitting at a table with a cup and saucer, another holding a skateboard, and another sitting on a sofa representing a gay family; advertisement for International Year of the Family by the Human Rights Commission in 1994. Colour lithograph by Matthew McKee.
  • Human skull: right lateral view. Lithograph, 18--.
  • Human skeleton with right arm extended: front view. Engraving, 18--?.
  • Human skeleton highlighting the bones of the right arm, hip and leg
  • Anatomy and botany: left, human heart; right, Roman camomile flowers. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • A human head and neck dissected and seen in profile to right. Drawing by R. Ennis, 2001.
  • A human head and neck dissected and seen in profile to right. Drawing by R. Ennis, 2001.
  • Anatomy and botany; left, half section of human thorax showing arteries and ribs; right, laurel Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Two figures of the human head in profile: (left) écorché, (right) skull. Ink and sepia wash painting by A.V.A., 1860.
  • Two figures of the human head in profile: (left) écorché, (right) skull. Ink and sepia wash painting by A.V.A., 1860.
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