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Out of the mouth trap
After 15 years of speech therapy, Jonty Claypole decided to make peace with his stammer. He explores our fear of disfluency, revealing how accepting it could actually increase our creativity and persuasiveness.
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The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
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Reasons humbly offer'd by the Societies of the Mines-Royal, &c. who Insure Ships and Merchandize, with the Security of a deposited Joint-Stock.
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A description of the minerals in the Leskean Museum. By Dietrich Ludwig Gustavus Karsten, Philosophiae Doctor, Inspector General Of The Mines Royal Of Prussia, Professor Of Mineralogy In The Mining Academy At Berlin, Superintendant Of The Royal Museum, Member Of The Society For Promoting The Science Of Mining, &c. &c. &c. Translated by George Mitchell, M.B. ... . Containing The Characteristic And Systematic Collections.
Karsten, Dietrich Ludwig Gustav, 1768-1810.Date: 1798