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An area deforested by ranchers in the San Jose Las Flores community, 300 km north of Guatemala City

Environment

Money-laundering drug cartels are driving deforestation in Guatemala

The practice of "narco-ranching", in which drug traffickers launder money through cattle ranches, seems to be responsible for swathes of deforestation in Guatemala, according to an analysis of aerial images

News

Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

Humans

Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

Culture

Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

Humans

Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

Insight

busy street Old Delhi,

Technology

Concerns raised over Indian government's plan for face recognition

News

Tech giants, states or trolls: Who will control tomorrow's internet?

Technology

Tech giants, states or trolls: Who will control tomorrow's internet?

Features

Woman leaning against wall

Health

We live in uncertain times, but we can all take back control

Leader

These evidence-based strategies may turn the tide on domestic violence

Humans

These evidence-based strategies may turn the tide on domestic violence

Insight

Gloucestershire Constabulary has been using data analysis to identify potentially vulnerable children

Technology

Data trial identifies vulnerable children who may otherwise be missed

News

Criminal

Technology

Netflix's Criminal strips police drama down to its raw psychology

Culture

UK court backs police use of face recognition, but fight isn't over

Technology

UK court backs police use of face recognition, but fight isn't over

A UK court has ruled that a police force's use of facial recognition technology was lawful. But whether the tech should be used needs greater scrutiny

Analysis

Technology

UK police are using AI to spot spikes in Brexit-related hate crimes

News

Technology

This professor of future crime stops burglaries before they happen

Features

Health

Bacteria could identify month-old suspicious stains at crime scenes

News

The great Bangladesh cyber heist

Video