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A quick guide to drugs, the brain and brain chemistry

Discover some of the major chemicals that govern activity in our brains, how they work, and why certain drugs have the effects they do.

  • Article

A history of gestation outside the body

It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.

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The meaning of happiness

What is happiness? Tiffany Watt Smith charts how its definition has changed over time, from chance emotion to something that can be measured and controlled.

  • Interview

Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz

The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.

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  • Edward Jenner. Line engraving by A. Smith, 1823, after J. B. Drayton, 1805.
  • Birth of Venus [Aphrodite]. Engraving by B. Smith after J. Barry.
  • William Bromfield. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1777, after B. Vandergucht.
  • John Dollond. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith after B. Wilson.
  • Emma Smith drawing. Mezzotint by A. Probyn, 1801, after J.R Smith.
  • Edward Jenner. Line engraving by A. M. Monsaldi after J. Northcote and J. R. Smith.
  • John Whitehurst. Line engraving by A. Smith, 1788, after J. Wright of Derby.
  • Sir Isaac Newton. Line engraving by A. Smith, 1794, after J. Vanderbank, 1725.
  • Edward Jenner. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself after J. R. Smith, 1800.
  • A woman at her devotions. Mezzotint by J. Smith after Sir G. Kneller.
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