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Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand

Humans

Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand

Unregulated sand mining is a problem in at least 70 countries. It’s an easy, lucrative venture - and one with a violent underbelly

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sand

Earth

World without sand: The race to save a precious resource

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marble

Earth

The exquisite marble that sculptor Michelangelo couldn't use

Regulars

Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can't

Technology

Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can't

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Turtle-headed sea snake

Earth

Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution

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mammoth tusk

Life

See the 'tuskers' hunting woolly mammoths in Siberian permafrost

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Illustration showing Moon Express probe against lunar backdrop

Space

Robotic landers could start mining the moon as early as 2020

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