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A Jacobite broadside depicting the execution of lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino at Tower Hill in London. National Library of Scotland

6 fevereiro 2023

What historic executions in London can tell us about our contemporary appetites for pain and vulnerability

Caterina Nirta, Royal Holloway University of London

Learning about the history of public executions offers insight into our contemporary appetite for – and apathy towards – the suffering of others.

Musculoskeletal injuries can cause severe pain and lead to greater problems. PeopleImages/E+ via Getty Images

4 janeiro 2022

The promise of repairing bones and tendons with human-made materials

Brittany Taylor, University of Florida

A biomedical engineer explains how human-made materials inserted in the body hold hope to repair painful injuries more efficiently than bone grafts.

Meat of the future might be quite different from meat of the past. Stanley Kubrick, photographer, LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ6-2352.

5 julho 2019

So far cultured meat has been burgers – the next big challenge is animal-free steaks

Natalie R. Rubio, Tufts University

It’s relatively easy to grow a bunch of animal cells to turn into a burger. But to grow a steak made of cultured meat is a trickier task. Bioengineers must create organized, three-dimensional tissues.

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