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Illness and the influence of the stars

Could alien germs from space have caused major pandemics across the world? Taras Young investigates the ideas of a few unconventional scientists who believe this to be the case.

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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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Bringing biotech to the people

Amateur scientists have inspired all kinds of frightening scenarios, from Frankenstein’s monster to ‘The Fly’ and ‘Breaking Bad’. But it can be a force for good. Today’s DIYbio enthusiasts are having fun – and even making lucrative breakthrough discoveries.

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How do advertisers get inside our heads?

Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.

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  • Mendel's Principles of Heredity by W. Bateson, Cambridge University Press, 1909
  • People voting in the election for Chancellor of Cambridge University. Wood engraving, 1847.
  • The interior of the Department of Anatomy at Cambridge University. Photograph by Stearn Photos, 1888/1893.
  • The interior of the Department of Anatomy at Cambridge University. Photograph by Stearn Photos, 1888/1893.
  • Sir Roy Calne FRS, Professor of Surgery at Cambridge University from 1965. Oil painting by Sir Roy Calne, 1989.
  • Sir Roy Calne FRS, Professor of Surgery at Cambridge University from 1965. Oil painting by Sir Roy Calne, 1989.
  • Sir Roy Calne FRS, Professor of Surgery at Cambridge University from 1965. Oil painting by Sir Roy Calne, 1989.
  • Titlepage to Human Ancestry From a Genetical Point of View by R. Ruggles Gates, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948
  • Fourth International Congress of Zoology (?), Cambridge University; nine scientists, in academic dress. Photograph by F.J. Allen (?), 1898.
  • Louis Cobbett and Alfred Clark in the Pathology Department of Cambridge University. Copy photograph, ca. 1960 after the original photograph, ca. 1905 (?).
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The Blind Teacher

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