Stories
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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The big freeze
In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.
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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
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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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Soothe that pain with Anethaine.
Date: [1955?]- Books
Soothing the establishment : the impact of foreign-born scientists and engineers on America / David S. North.
North, David S.Date: 1995- Books
Soothes and relieves E45.
Crookes Healthcare Limited.Date: [1994?]- Books
[Sōotomía (romanized form)], or, observations on the present manners of the English: briefly anatomizing the living by the dead. With an usefull detection of the mountebanks of both sexes / By Richard Whitlock.
Whitlock, Richard, 1616?Date: 1654- Books
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[SōotomÍa (romanized form)], or, observations on the present manners of the English: briefly anatomizing the living by the dead. With an usefull detection of the mountebanks of both sexes / By Richard Whitlock.
Whitlock, Richard, 1615 or 1616-Date: 1654