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Mapping the body

These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.

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A nose through Blythe House

Recently sold and emptied out, Blythe House was once one of the UK’s biggest museum storage facilities. Here, museum worker Laura Humphreys reflects on her relationship with the store’s architecture, objects and aromas.

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Bubbles of history

Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.

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A history of mindfulness

Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.

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  • Examination of rams: score 4
  • Examination of rams: scoring condition
  • Measuring the testicle size of rams
  • Measuring the testicle size of rams
  • Measuring the testicle size of rams
  • Welsh Mountain rams: excessive pastern slope.
  • A rams's head: five views. Etching by R. Hills, 1798.
  • Two Leicester rams. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1849, after H. Strafford.
  • Two women and two rams at a sacrifice. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A shepherd and his sheepdog guarding his flock which entails two curly-horned rams. Colour lithograph.
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