Stories
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Air of threat
Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.
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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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How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
- Book extract
Eating their own kind
In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.
Catalogue
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Apuntes sobre algunas plantas medicinales de Yucatan, in facsimile / translated and edited by Elizabeth C. Stewart.
Date: 1935- Books
Botanical results of the Sessé & Mociño expedition (1787-1803). VII, A guide to relevant scientific names of plants / Rogers McVaugh.
McVaugh, Rogers, 1909-2009.Date: 2000- Books
Singing to the plants : a guide to mestizo shamanism in the upper Amazon / Stephan V. Beyer.
Beyer, Stephan V., 1943-Date: 2009- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Videos
Is gm safe?.
Date: 2000