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What happened to hysteria?

In Medical Muses, Asti Hustvedt tells the story of three women who received the now-obsolete diagnosis in 19th-century Paris

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Inheritance that's not just in the genes

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What does consciousness feel like?

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Humans

Musical life of Elizabethan mathematician and magician

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The pioneers of Antarctic research

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Why we always look on the bright side

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A strange and wonderful ancient compendium of animals

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The latest chapter in the story of our ancestors

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When flower power met quantum theory

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The beasties we need near us, for our own sake

In The Wild Life of Our Bodies, biologist Rob Dunn argues that our modern separation from other species causes more harm than good

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Evolutionary explanation for what ails the west

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The untold story of feathers

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How did we discover the Earth wasn't round?

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Why the universe wasn't fine-tuned for life

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