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Incest and Folk-Dancing: Two things to be avoided

How closely are we related to each other, and how...

How the Zebra Got its Stripes

In Rudyard Kipling's Just So story, the Leopard got its...

Atmospheric Phenomena

When light from the Sun and the Moon enters our...

Using Mortality to Compare the Health of Populations

New Insights Into Mortality Patterns of Early Modern Cities

Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction

An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the...

The White Plague

The third lecture in the series deals with tuberculosis, of...

X-ray Astrophysics - The high energy cosmos

X-radiation is only emitted by the hottest and most energetic...

The Great Pox

The sexually transmitted disease syphilis is generally thought to have...

Our nearest neighbour, the Moon

Our only natural satellite has been an object of fascination...