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The Science of Shit
What we excrete has interested public health experts for many years, particularly in monitoring the spread of infectious diseases...
Eric Boa
5 min read


A Hard Life, Well-Lived
“A human life will inevitably contain periods of pain and trauma, but [these Harvard professors] found that these moments can be weathered
Richard Pooley
7 min read


Dodging acronyms and Ebola in Uganda
I am just back from Uganda, a country I love but which is not the holiday destination of the month: there is an Ebola outbreak there...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
7 min read


How do we know what to eat?
We’re coming to the end of mushroom season here in the UK. My most recent find was Lepista nuda, commonly known as blewits...
Eric Boa
5 min read


Failing Health
The UK’s National Health Service (N.H.S.) is not fit for purpose. It does not work for those it is supposed to work for and it does...
Lynda Goetz
6 min read
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