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New research models how the Homo floresiensis species could have evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island.
Dwarf wrestling is a spectacle that harks back to the Victorian age of ‘freak shows’.
The female dwarf, disability, and beauty.
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For centuries, women with dwarfism were depicted in art as comic or grotesque fairytale beings. But artists are challenging these portrayals and notions of beauty and physical difference.
For centuries, women with dwarfism were depicted in art as comic or grotesque fairytale beings. But artists are challenging these portrayals and notions of beauty and physical difference.
A fly scientist ponders the genetics of bananas and dwarves, women and love in reviews of his favourite fiction and non-fiction books.
A collaboration between research and industry has produced a promising new drug that could transform many childrens’ lives. It’s also a case study in innovation done right.
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