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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’.

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  • Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.
  • H.I.V./AIDS education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
  • H.I.V./AIDS education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
  • H.I.V./AIDS education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
  • H.I.V./AIDS education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
  • AIDS : a challenge in education : Wednesday 29 November 1989 at Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London / Institute of Biology, Institute of Education.
  • H.I.V./AIDS education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
  • AIDS : a challenge in education : Wednesday 29 November 1989 at Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London / Institute of Biology, Institute of Education.
  • AIDS : a challenge in education : Wednesday 29 November 1989 at Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London / Institute of Biology, Institute of Education.
  • AIDS : a challenge in education : Wednesday 29 November 1989 at Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London / Institute of Biology, Institute of Education.
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