Stories
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The art of soundproof design
Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.
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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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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Why pandemic denial is nothing new
Could today’s Covid-deniers be taking lessons from history? After all, it’s nearly 200 years since frustrations at a cholera-induced lockdown erupted in Sunderland.
Catalogue
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Aluminum compounds in food : including a digest of the report of the Referee Board of Scientific Experts on the Influence of Aluminum Compounds on the Nutrition and Health of Man / by Ernest Ellsworth Smith.
Smith, Ernest Ellsworth, 1867-1930.Date: 1928- Books
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The influence of sodium benzoate on the nutrition and health of man.
United States. Department of Agriculture. Referee Board of Consulting Scientific Experts.Date: 1909- Archives and manuscripts
Society of Medical Officers of Health
Society of Medical Officers of HealthDate: 1856-1998Reference: SA/SMO- Archives and manuscripts
Pochin, Sir Edward Eric
Pochin, Sir Edward Eric, 1909-1990.Date: 1940-1989Reference: PP/EEP- Archives and manuscripts
Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987)
Medawar, Sir Peter Brian, FRS, OM (1915-1987) Medical Scientist; Nobel LaureateDate: 1937-1991Reference: PP/PBM