Australia has just listed Indigenous knowledge among its science priorities – after First Nations knowledge has long gone uncredited in Western ‘discoveries’, such as life-changing drugs.

Can you patent something Indigenous peoples already know about? Too often, the answer is yes - but moves are afoot to stop it.

Many ‘myths’ are authentic memories of human pasts, told by people who passed down precise accounts of their history.

Experiments show honey from Australian desert ants has potent antimicrobial power.