Wergeld: Crime and the compensation culture in medieval England Wergeld is the payment demanded of a person who has...
London’s Lost Rivers: The Hackney Brook and other North West Passages Iain Sinclair takes a look at the rivers of London...
How many healthy people can the earth support? From Malthus to the Club of Rome, predictions about maximum...
Mercury rising: health warnings for a hot planet Daily news bulletins threaten devastation from climate change, with dire...
Luck, Leadership and Liberty: health through cultural evolution What processes govern whether health in populations gets better or...
For a diet of worms: too much hygiene can damage your health Public health campaigns have dramatically reduced exposure to infection but...
Tribes and Diatribes: race, genes, and diseases Few human deaths are caused by inherited genetic defects, and...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...