Stories
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Dying to be in nature
The modern funeral business is one that uses up precious resources and pollutes the planet. But you can make sure it’s only your memory that leaves its mark with these new and natural ways to leave this earth.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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The psychological impact of nuclear war
How would you hold up psychologically if a nuclear bomb was dropped? Discover the British government’s secret predictions from the 1980s.
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Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
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Wellcome Trust Resource Guides
Date: c.1996Reference: WT/D/1/2/8Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Resource disability portfolio.
Date: [2003], ©2003- Archives and manuscripts
Midwives Research Files: Information & Resource Service
Date: 1988-2013Reference: PP/KZR/E/4/3Part of: The archive of Sheila Kitzinger (1929-2015)- Archives and manuscripts
Internet resource guides
Date: c.1996-c.2006Reference: WT/D/1/2/12Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Handbooks and Resource Guides on Vocational Training
Date: 1984-1987Reference: SA/TIH/B/2/123/6Part of: Tavistock Institute of Human Relations