Stories
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How Indigenous insight inspires sustainable science
The forest of the Amazon Basin is inextricably bound up with the lives of the Indigenous peoples living there. Find out how they feel about the forest, use what it provides, and try to protect it from aggressive commercial exploitation.
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Seeds for the future
Indigenous groups have a key role as guardians of biodiversity, and their knowledge could help us all preserve our world. To survive, we all need to collaborate, reject prejudice, and share what we know.
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
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Preservatives and other chemicals in foods: their use and abuse / by Otto Folin.
Folin, Otto, 1867-1934.Date: 1914- Books
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The influence of sodium benzoate on the nutrition and health of man.
United States. Department of Agriculture. Referee Board of Consulting Scientific Experts.Date: 1909- Books
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Influence of food preservatives and artificial colors on digestion and health : I. Boric acid and borax / By H.W. Wiley with the collaboration of W.D. Bigelow ... and others.
Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930.Date: 1904- Books
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On food : four Cantor lectures, delivered before the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce / by H. Letheby.
Letheby, H. (Henry), 1816-1876.Date: 1868- Books
Questions and answers about Heinz strained foods : their uses, preparation and comparison with ordinary methods / H. J. Heinz Co. Ltd.
H.J. Heinz Company.Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]