Stories
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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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Aphasia and drawing elephants
When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.
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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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Getting around the rules of sex education
What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?
Catalogue
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Certificate of merit : awarded to ... for proficiency in temperance knowledge (intermediate division) subject: "nature's mirror" / Church of England Temperance Society. Dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester.
Church of England. Temperance Society. Diocese of Canterbury and Rochester.Date: 1923- Books
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Light science for leisure hours : a series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. &c. / by Richard A. Proctor.
Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888.Date: 1873- Books
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Light science for leisure hours : a series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. &c. 3rd ser. / by Richard A. Proctor.
Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888.Date: 1883- Books
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Light science for leisure hours : familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. with a sketch of the life of Mary Somerville. 2nd ser. / by Richard A. Proctor.
Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888.Date: 1873- Books
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The preceptor; or, general repository of useful information, very necessary for the various ages and different departments of life. Containing, among other Subjects, Natural and Moral Philosophy, History and Eloquence, Lives of the most illustrious Men in all Ages, with various Pieces of salutary Advice to the British Youth. By John Ryland, A. M. Of Northampton.
Ryland, John, 1723-1792.Date: [1775?]