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Alexander von Humboldt

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If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Gather ye close, gentle listener, for this month's supporter funded podcast, The Nate Files. In episode 8 we learn all about the giants on whose shoulders Darwin stands. This includes…
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February 28, 2022
Alexander von Humboldt

What Did the Past Smell Like?

When people entertain transporting to the past, 19th-century Berlin, say, they don’t often imagine a dramatic shift in smellscape. The inhabitants talk differently. Their fashion looks strange. But what do those streets smell like? Suddenly, it hits you—a texture of reality carried by a strong whiff of … horse manure.…
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December 9, 2020
Alexander von Humboldt

Longitudinal prediction of positive and negative mental health in Germany, Russia, and China

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Jürgen Margraf,  Xiao Chi Zhang,  Kristen L. Lavallee,  Silvia Schneider x Published: June 23, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234997 AbstractThe present study examines a broad range of longitudinal predictors of dimensional positive mental health (PMH) and negative mental health (NMH), using data from the BOOM study.…
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June 23, 2020
Alexander von Humboldt

Marianne North

Hello, it’s Michelle here, with a post about Marianne North (1830–1890), a Victorian traveller and nature artist who left an extraordinary legacy. Painting 684. North painted the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) from a garden specimen in Java. For almost 140 years North’s paintings have been on permanent display in the…
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June 23, 2020