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Manipulating the evidence with deepfake technology

How can you be sure that the person speaking on the screen is genuine? Find out how sophisticated digital manipulation is blurring the boundaries between real and ‘deepfake’.

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The pain that punished feminists

In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.

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Dyslexia and its misconceptions

Overcoming common myths about dyslexia only adds to the challenges of growing up with the condition. Madeleine Morley, who was diagnosed with dyslexia aged eight, goes into myth-busting mode and shares her personal experiences.

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Refugee health on a pound a day

Two refugees living a hand-to-mouth existence in the UK explain how trauma has affected their health, and how a little kindness is bringing them hope.

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  • Two wading birds with speckled plumage on the shore of a lake. Etching.
  • An aurochs wading the stream in a forest. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Two Japanese fishermen wading in the sea to collect shells. Watercolour, c.1860.
  • Three women wading in a stream gathering leeches. Coloured aquatint by R. Havell, 1814, after G. Walker.
  • A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.
  • Above, two wading birds (plovers) and a pipe fish; below, a pike, a pilchard and three different pipe fishes. Coloured etching.
  • A ruff and a reeve (male and female wading bird) (Philomachus pugnax) on the shore of a river. Etching by W. S. Howitt.
  • Above, three deer, a fish, a golden plover (wading bird), a hermit crab and two molluscs; below, three crabs and a fish. Etching by Heath.
  • A curlew (wading bird) is standing on the river bank while another one is descending from the air onto the shore. Etching by W. S. Howitt.
  • Complete skeleton of a flamingo (Phoenicopteridae). Flamingos are tall wading birds with long, delicate legs and downturned bills. They also have long, curved necks which are made up of multiple vertebrae as seen here. The flamingo is 62 cm from ground to shoulder.
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