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Breaking down bias in medical engineering this International Women’s Day
Here at the Thackray, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all – and championing the amazing women doing great work...
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Periods: Freedom4Girls
Below is an edited version of a speech given by Lucy Neal from Freedom4Girls at the opening of our exhibition,...
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Should we edit human genomes? (Part 2)
Written by Sandy Starr, Deputy Director, Progress Educational Trust In Part 1 of this blog, I explained that genome editing...
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Should we edit human genomes? (Part 1)
Written by Sandy Starr, Deputy Director, Progress Educational Trust Genome editing is an increasingly powerful technology in fields including medicine...
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Can Robots Care?
Written by Dr Amelia De Falco, Associate Professor of Medical Humanities, Unversity of leeds Introducing Care Robots A care robot...
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Thackray’s Big Relaunch! – Through the medicine cabinet and what Annie found there
Written by Annie Hilditch, Communications Assistant Walking the halls of the newly refurbished Thackray museum felt contradictory, the place had...
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Leeds Union Workhouse: Inmate in Focus – Mary Peddlestone
The More Than Oliver Twist project (2019-2021) was a nationwide research project lead by the Subject Specialist Network, The Workhouse...
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The evolution of the condom
Written by Joseph, volunteer at Thackray Museum of Medicine Condom – A thin rubber sheath worn on a man’s penis...
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What saved Christian Eriksen?
Nobody expected during the opening days of the Euros that a professional footballer, who by most people’s standards, is literally...
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Designer Harriet Whitehead on creating Thackray’s new galleries
In order to build our new galleries, we had some help from the guys over at CORE who are experts...
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Alice in Wonderland as Objects in Our Collection
The Lewis Carroll book ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) and its sequel ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ (1871) have endured...
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The Community That Cared
Written by Ross Horsley, Volunteer Coordinator The number of people who are making themselves ill worrying about AIDS is far...
