The Stolen Gift: When Science Took What Wasn't Theirs

Every breakthrough has a backstory. Some of them are stolen.

That life-saving aspirin in your medicine cabinet? Native Americans discovered its pain-relieving properties centuries before Bayer claimed the patent. The quinoa in your health food store? Andean communities developed it over thousands of years before it became a Western superfood sensation. The meditation app on your phone? Ancient spiritual practices repackaged and sold back to the world.

For centuries, science has built its grea...