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subjects:"Black pepper (Plant)"
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What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Chillies and the trouble with Scoville
Measuring the heat of these peppers can leave you a little lukewarm.
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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
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The Coming of Age exhibition text
Our new exhibition explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to older age, and asks how societies can adapt to ensure everyone ages better.
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The Coming of Age audio highlight tour
Our new exhibition explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to older age, and asks how societies can adapt to ensure everyone ages better.
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Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights audio highlight tour
Explore the profound impact of physical work on health and the enduring fight for workers’ rights through our new major exhibition.
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Thirst: In Search of Freshwater audio highlight tour
This exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.
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What our facial hair says about us
Five bearded and moustachioed men choose five hirsute archive images to help them reflect on the way facial hair is linked with personality and identity.
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Thirst: In Search of Freshwater British Sign Language tour
This exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.
In the Air
In May 2022, Wellcome Collection opens ‘In the Air’, a new exhibition exploring our relationship with air and what it tells us about the health of our planet.
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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’
An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.
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Thirst: In Search of Freshwater exhibition text
This exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.
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A little wildness
To salve her longing for a dog, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan chose a puppy. She found that, despite centuries of domestication, her dog still retains aspects of her wild ancestry.
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Eating their own kind
In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.
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