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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy

Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?

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The neuroscience of how we navigate

Christopher Kemp describes the mysterious case of Amanda Eller, a hiker who got lost in the woods. How can someone take a few steps off a well-marked trail and completely disappear?

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The side effects of lithium mining

Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.

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Virtual reality and the fix of the future

Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.

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  • Two water birds: a moorhen and a crake. Coloured engraving.
  • Like a duck to water... : but not for factory farmed birds... / Juliet Gellatley.
  • Like a duck to water... : but not for factory farmed birds... / Juliet Gellatley.
  • Like a duck to water... : but not for factory farmed birds... / Juliet Gellatley.
  • Like a duck to water... : but not for factory farmed birds... / Juliet Gellatley.
  • Two herons and several other water birds set in natural surroundings. Etching, 17th century.
  • A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.
  • Seven birds: water rail, toucan, skimmer, avocet, woodcock, redshank and lesser tern. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1808.
  • Two rare water birds, one a grebe, set in natural surroundings. Etching by A. Collaert, 17th century.
  • Four water birds, including a heron, an avocet and a great crested grebe. Etching by W. Hollar, ca. 1670, after F. Barlow.
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