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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy

Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?

  • Article

Close encounters of the spiritualist kind

When it comes to practical and emotional advice, Daphne heeds the words of her lost loved ones. Find out how a spiritualist medium helps her stay in touch.

  • Article

Why zombies can’t help coming back

Although it might appear that zombies are a 20th-century phenomenon, created for the horror-movie industry, they’ve actually been around since medieval times. Find out what zombies like to do, and how to get rid of them.

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Earworms

Sitting too close to a speaker can cause an infestation.

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  • Sitting of General Board of Health, Whitehall, 1846
  • Persian couple sitting together
  • Shopkeeper sitting among his stock
  • Shopkeeper sitting with his stock
  • A marmot sitting in a rocky landscape with a couple of marmots sitting in the background. Colour halftone.
  • Edmond Sergent (sitting) and Etienne Sergent. Photograph.
  • A mule sitting on the ground. Etching.
  • Sir Henry Head sitting in chair in garden
  • Adult couple sitting on a bed, Down's syndrome
  • Lovers sitting in a wood. Colour lithograph, 18--.
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