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8 billion people: why trying to control the population is often futile – and harmful
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Climate change and wildlife: 3 studies that reveal the devastating toll on Africa’s animals
The carcass of a Grévy’s zebra, an endangered species which exists only in the northern part of Kenya, where drought…
Nigeria has too many prison inmates awaiting trial. Technology could achieve swifter justice
An activist protests against the incarceration of hundreds of inmates imprisoned without trial in Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty…
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