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Hair
Humans don’t like body hair. Unless they do. It depends.
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How wigs help children handle hair loss
For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.
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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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Electric marvels in the age of enlightenment
How our understanding of electricity has grown, from novelty to the pulse of modern life – and the inner fire that powers the human machine.
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Human hair
Liz Hirst, Medical Research Council- Digital Images
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Human hair (Asian origin)
Lauren Holden- Digital Images
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Human hair (Caucasian descent), SEM
Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute- Digital Images
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Human hair with follicle attached (Chinese origin), SEM
Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute- Pictures
Human hair: five figures, showing magnified images of hair follicles and roots from the head and eyebrow. Line block print, 1900/1930?.
Date: [1900/1930?]Reference: 569704i