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In this month's Issue

The Death-Defying Science of the Aeronauts
January 27, 2020
Tim Wingard | Wellcome Collection

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Travel Is No Cure for the Mind
January 27, 2020
More To That | Medium

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The Truth About the Hot Dog
September 23, 2019
BBC | Julia Hammond

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DNA Reveals Twists in Neanderthal Migration
September 24, 2019
National Geographic | Maya Wei-Haas

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The Art of Flattery: Painting Faces
January 27, 2020
Dr Caroline Palmer | Ashmolean

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No.103 Down Home on the Farm in Japan’s Lush Green Countryside

Picture in your mind your next trip to Japan. What do you see? Is it Tokyo, the buzzing metropolis with packed subway cars, expensive shops, fish markets …

No.104 Alisal, Yippee Ki-yay

Stories of cowboys-and-girls drift through our imaginations from the time of our earliest daydreams. Youngsters in America hear tales of the …

No.105 Hop In for a Swim at London’s Royal Docks on the Thames

In 1726, a young Benjamin Franklin spent time working as an apprentice in London. One day, while out with his friends, walking along the banks of the …