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THE EMBRYO PROJECT ENCYCLOPEDIA

Recording and contextualizing the science of embryos, development, and reproduction

 
 

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Robert Lawson Tait (1845–1899)

Aug 27, 2024
Robert Lawson Tait was a physician who practiced abdominal surgery in the United Kingdom during the late nineteenth century. Physicians and…
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The Gräfenberg Spot (G-Spot)

Aug 27, 2024
The Gräfenberg spot, or the G-spot, is thought to be an area in the anterior, or front, vaginal wall that contributes to sexual pleasure. Ernst…
Sexual HealthSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalVagina

Thesis: The Impacts of Simplifying Science and How to Achieve Understanding

Aug 26, 2024

Simplifying science means more than just making science understandable for people of lower chronological age, it also encompasses making science…

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