Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
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.
- Article
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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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.
Catalogue
- Videos
Scientists : myth and reality.
Date: [s.d]- Audio
Scientists experimenting.
Date: 2000- Audio
Scientists conference in Budapest.
Date: 1999- Archives and manuscripts
Scientists against Nuclear Arms
Date: 1983-1990Reference: SA/MED/J/1/20Part of: Medact- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Scientists Playing Sign
Date: 1970-1979Reference: JDW/1/19/10Part of: James D. Watson Collection
