Stories
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Society, not Covid-19, makes us vulnerable
Rick Burgess coped with the death of his mother in February 2020 by immersing himself in the task of protecting his community from Covid-19 and challenging the government's failure to protect and support elderly and Disabled people during the pandemic.
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo
Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Dietary studies with reference to the food of the Negro in Alabama in 1895 and 1896 / conducted with the cooperation of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama ; reported by W.O. Atwater and Chas. D. Woods.
Atwater, W. O. (Wilbur Olin), 1844-1907.Date: 1897- Books
Studies of the food of Maine lumbermen : by C.D. Woods and E.R. Mansfield.
Woods, Charles D.Date: 1904- Books
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Dietary studies at the University of Tennessee in 1895 / by Chas. E. Wait.
Wait, Charles E. (Charles Edmund), 1849-1923.Date: 1896- Books
Experiments on losses in cooking meat, 1898-1900 / by H.S. Grindley with the cooperation of H. McCormack and H.C. Porter.
Grindley, H. S. (Harry Sands), 1864-Date: 1901- Books
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The chemical composition of American food materials / By W.O. Atwater and A.P. Bryant.
Atwater, W. O. (Wilbur Olin), 1844-1907.Date: 1899