Stories
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My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
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Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
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Drops of water
In the compulsory isolation of lockdown, Daisy Lafarge’s repeated visits – via a new microscope – to the miniature worlds contained by drops of pond water provided her with the company and escapism she craved.
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The soul in the stomach
A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.
Catalogue
- Books
Work, creativity, and social justice / Elliot Jaques.
Jaques, Elliott.Date: 1970- Books
The medieval universities : their development and organization / A.B. Cobban.
Cobban, Alan B. (Alan Balfour), 1939-Date: 1975- Books
Incentives and invention in universities / Saul Lach, Mark Schankerman.
Lach, Saul.Date: 2003- Books
Biotechnology : assessing social impacts and policy implications / edited by David J. Webber ; prepared under the auspices of the Policy Studies Organization.
Date: 1990- Books
Pathology and genetics of tumours of the urinary system and male genital organs / edited by John N. Eble, Guido Sauter, Jonathan l. Epstein, Isabell A. Sesterhenn.
Date: 2004