Lost quiet (Sam Pyrah, The Guardian)
That living in silence is a lost, but needed, practice.
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02, 2025
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09, 2024
Leonardo and the science of scent (Tim Brinkhof, Artnet)
Leonardo and the science of scent: a recent exhibit explores da Vinci's fascination with smell. From the article: Touted as a multi-sensory, olfactory experience, the exhibition shows that Leonardo got interested in perfumes after comparing the machinations of smell to those of sight and hearing. He collected commercially available perfumes, many of them made [...]
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07, 2024
Art Therapy in The Great War (BBC News)
An insightful nurse used art to help WWI soldiers heal.
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05, 2024
Cutting-edge ancient medicine (Tatiana Tondini, Albert Isidro, Edgard Camerós)
Microscopic analysis reveals ancient Egyptian skill at cancer surgery.
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04, 2024
Mind and machine (Dvija Mehta, BBC Future)
Why implanting computing chips into the brain can challenge our sense of self.
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11, 2023
Covid on my mind (BBC News and The Lancet)
Failing memory and mental clarity in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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07, 2023
The stories doctors tell (Emily Bobrow, Wall Street Journal)
A writing program to offer insight and solace to the cares of physicians.
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05, 2023
Cancer in medieval Britain (University of Cambridge)
New research with scans suggests a higher incidence of cancer in medieval Britain.
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05, 2023
The genome’s philosophical turn (David Cox, BBC Future)
New debate over the degree that genetics shape our choices.
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05, 2023
The plague of loneliness (Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States)
Whither / wither the humanities in our social isolation?