Stories
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
University of Cambridge (Cambridge Graduates' Science Club)
Date: 1958-1965Reference: SB/11/1/162Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Archives and manuscripts
University of Cambridge 'Comprehensive Clinical Method'
Hazel ThorntonDate: 2003-2004Reference: PP/HTH/B/3/27/1Part of: Hazel Thornton: Archive- Archives and manuscripts
University of Cambridge, Professorship in Biology
Date: 25 Feb 1952Reference: UGC 198/2/2/7Part of: Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland- Archives and manuscripts
University of Cambridge departmental papers
Date: March 1968-March 2007Reference: PP/MIA/F/2Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Archives and manuscripts
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University of Cambridge (General Board)
Date: 20th CenturyReference: HALDANE/5/2/5/5Part of: Haldane Papers