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On body horror and growing up strange

A young child’s unusual feelings, reactions and assertions are routinely dismissed by adults. Find out how manga horror stories became a source of strength, and helped them trust their adult body.

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It’s getting mighty crowded

Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.

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Rebuilding my identity after a brain injury

Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.

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Why zombies can’t help coming back

Although it might appear that zombies are a 20th-century phenomenon, created for the horror-movie industry, they’ve actually been around since medieval times. Find out what zombies like to do, and how to get rid of them.

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  • A face expressing horror. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A face expressing horror. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • "Horror" from Le Brun,
  • Two faces, one in outline, expressing horror. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Rocky Horror picture party for AIDS workers. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • Ravana slaughtering Jatayu the vulture, while an abducted Sita looks away in horror. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • The face of a man expressing horror. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • A face expressing scorn (left) and a face expressing horror (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • A man raises his hands in horror as he stands over the prostrate body of a woman. Etching.
  • "Horror" from Le Brun, Bowles's Passions of the soul, circa 1785
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