展覽以自然歷史博物館所保管的獨特珍寶作結。世界各地的研究者都在積極研究，這些標本能協助我們解決現今地球面臨的最大挑戰。由預測和紓緩氣候改變帶來的影響，以至管理天然資源，這些藏品都可協助我們了解神秘的過去，開創未來的可能性。
Highlights
亞達爾礦石 (Jadarite)
塞爾維亞
超人要注意！根據《超人─強戰回歸》所描述的成分，這種礦物與虛構的礦物氪氣石非常近似。地質學家在 2006 年發現亞達爾礦石，而當自然歷史博物館的科學家分析其成分時，發現它由鈉、鋰、硼和二氧化矽組成。若再加上氟便可以徹底消滅超人的超級英雄能力。
閃蝶
哥倫比亞和巴拿馬
閃蝶色彩繽紛的蝴蝶翼是由無數細小透明的部分組成。當受到陽光照射時便會將之反射，然後產生我們所看到的顏色。與其他物品相反，這種結構性色彩不會像染料和顏料般褪色，永遠不會變淡。自然歷史博物館的科學家在實驗室內，嘗試培育具備這種特性的蝴蝶翼，希望可以藉此製造這種結構性色彩，並用以協助製造更多環保的彩色產品。
Latrobe gold nugget
Australia
Incredibly rare and fine, this 717-gramme gold nugget still has its individual crystals intact. It is formed from gold cubes and octahedrons, some more than a centimetre across. Since gold is soft and erodes easily, a nugget preserving its crystalline structure is a superb find. The discovery came at the McIvor mine in Australia during a visit from Charles Joseph Latrobe, the Governor of the State of Victoria, so it is named after him.
Neanderthal genome
How do modern humans differ from our closest ancient relatives, the Neanderthals? Scientists have replicated the complete genome of a female Neanderthal, which is more than 99 per cent identical to that of modern humans. However, it suggests her parents were closely related and that inbreeding was common among Neanderthals. The DNA also shows that after our evolutionary path diverged from that of the Neanderthals, human genes relating to brain function, the nervous system and language may have subtly changed.
Sample donated by Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany.