Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Alex Lathbridge speaks to curator Sarah Bond and discovers how Japanese Bitterlings were used to test if a woman was pregnant. Surprisingly fish and then later a species of frogs were used until the 1970s as a form of pregnancy test.

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Stories From The Stores goes behind the scenes with our curators to uncover fascinating stories from some of the 7 million incredible items in the Science Museum Group Collection. Series two is presented by Alex Lathbridge.

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Stories From The Stores goes behind the scenes with our curators to uncover fascinating stories from some of the 7 million incredible items in the Science Museum Group Collection. Series two is presented by Alex Lathbridge.

Explore more of the incredible Science Museum Group Collection at collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk