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Thalidomide babies
In a time without scans or antenatal tests, neither medical staff nor parents were prepared for the damage to the foetus caused by the thalidomide drug.
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Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars
‘Anti-vaxxers’ are taking their message online using powerful images as well as words. But is the pro campaigners’ response any better?
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Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
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MONSTROSITY: Winged Monster. Ulisse Aldrovandi,
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MONSTROSITY: Winged Monster. Ulisse Aldrovandi,
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The "Peruvian harpy": a harpy with two tails, horns, fangs, winged ears, and long wavy hair. Coloured etching.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 39924i- Pictures
An allegory of jealousy: a sleeping man, with an owl sitting on his pillow, a winged monster approaches and presents him with a crown of antlers. Coloured stipple engraving.
Reference: 38966i
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The "Peruvian harpy": a harpy with two tails, horns, fangs, winged ears and long wavy hair. Etching attributed to L.A. Boutelou, 1784.
Date: [1784]Reference: 39919i