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The Great Pox

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

Unwelcome Guests: Human Diseases

Shakespeare wrote of island Britain as 'This fortress built by...

The Psychology of Performing Arts: Theatre and human expression

What benefits do we derive from theatre (including film and...

The Window on the Soul

Vision is the dominant sense through which sighted people have...

Medicine in London, 1600 to 1900 - Dr William Harvey and the seventeenth-century medical revolution

Early Science: Early Mathematical Instruments

A Symposium to mark the 350th anniversary of The Royal...

Death Control: The Last Taboo? - 'Religious Perspectives on Euthanasia' and 'Can Philosophy Calm Anxieties?'

Euthanasia, whilst becoming a more frequent topic for comment in...

Early Science: Being Economical With The Truth

A Symposium to mark the 350th anniversary of The Royal...

Twenty-first Century Threats: Malaria

In 1955, the World Health Organization announced an ambitious plan...

For better or worse? How we pick our partners

What are men and women looking for in a partner...