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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

Over the next five years 2000 hippos are to be culled in Zambia, supposedly to stop them giving people anthrax, but the cull may inadvertently fuel the trade in hippo ivory

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Somerton Man artwork

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Who was the Somerton Man? Solving Australia's coldest case

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Scene from Spotlight

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AI inspired by the film Spotlight could track down child abusers

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Close-up of someone using social media on their smartphone

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Your social media data is out there, just waiting to be leaked

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Joseph James DeAngelo

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Serial killer suspect identified using DNA family tree website

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Police forensic team

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Austerity has put UK forensic labs in crisis and justice at risk

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A person uses an ATM

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Rise of the ATM hackers - how scammers are getting free money

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computer code

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How a dedicated cyber-court could halt the rise of online crime

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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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Novichok attack tests the world's chemical weapons treaty

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Operating smart kettle

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Killer kettles show security an afterthought for connected homes

The internet of things is coming thick and fast but so are the warnings that security of devices is poor. The lack of action is alarming, says Paul Marks

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Technology firms must develop new ways to jam Russia's fake news

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Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand

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Algorithms that change lives should be trialled like new drugs

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Clever maths will stop hackers spying on the quantum internet

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