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The industrial archaeology of deep time
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Thin blue lines: product placement and the drama of pregnancy testing in British cinema and television
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-09-21)This article uses the case of pregnancy testing in Britain to investigate the process whereby new and often controversial reproductive technologies are made visible and normalised in mainstream entertainment media. It shows ... -
‘A machine for recreating life’: an introduction to reproduction on film
Reproduction is one of the most persistently generative themes in the history of science and cinema. Cabbage fairies, clones and monstrous creations have fascinated film- makers and audiences for more than a century. Today ... -
Three Arguments for Absolute Outcome Measures
Data from medical research is typically summarized with various types of outcome measures. We present three arguments in favor of absolute over relative outcome measures. The first argument is from cognitive bias: relative ...
