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Placenta, That Mysterious-Yet-Crucial Organ We Know So Little About

The outer forepart of the uterus, the inside of the placenta and a portion of the internal surface of the uterus.
The outer forepart of the uterus, the inside of the placenta and a portion of the internal surface of the uterus. Jan van Rymsdyk/Welcome Collection

A better understanding of the placenta may help curb maternal and fetal mortality rates, but progress is slow.

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Ideas Society

What If Globalization Creates Vampires?

A black and white still from the German film Nosferatu, showing the vampire aboard a ship.
Max Schreck in Nosferatu (1922) Nosferatu (1922)/Imdb

Inspired by a new book on vampires, Italian writer Chiara Valerio analyzes how the figure of the vampire has come to represent life and death over centuries of science, art and culture. When understood through a modern lens, what can the vampire tell us about our own Gothic concerns?

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