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The men who meddled with nature

The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.

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The smile catchers

From facial recognition to emojis in apps, find out how the monitoring of emotions is used to get more out of workers.

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Little feet on Pett Level Beach

Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.

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Lying low for lockdown and beyond

For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.

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  • Two sparrows pecking at a seedhead of corn. Watercolour.
  • A cockerel surrounded by sparrows and a hen pecking the ground. Engraving by P. Tempest, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.
  • A man with a gun is standing behind a tree looking at a flock of sparrows on the ground. Coloured etching.
  • Astley's prepared wheat : to poison mice, sparrows, and all sorts of small vermin, without danger to animals of a larger growth... / J. Astley.
  • A sparrow. Coloured engraving.
  • Trandate tablets : sparrow.
  • Trandate tablets : sparrow.
  • A Java sparrow. Coloured engraving.
  • Greatham Hospital, Durham. Line engraving by S. Sparrow, 1785.
  • Ventolin rotacaps and rotahaler : tree sparrow.
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