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A journey towards human origins: Phillip Tobias set out to become a geneticist and evolved instead into an anti-apartheid campaigner and leading light in the study of the beginnings of the human species

Light gets a quantum squeeze: Physicists have cheated the laws of quantum mechanics to create exceptionally pure light. Now they are using it to test the fundamentals of nature, and spies have a tool for eavesdropping

Prospectors for tropical medicines: Tiny Costa Rica is taking control of its explores its forests for future medicines in world’s largest drugs company

Painting the sky red: The glowing colours of a sunset are a continuing source of wonder – but how natural are they? At the end of the day, atmospheric pollution shows its true colours

The killing minefields of Cambodia

South America declares war on Chagas disease: Health ministers from seven South American countries are about to agree plans for one of the biggest campaigns ever mounted against an insect-borne disease

Chemists take the sandwich course: A stack of molecular rings with a filling of metal atoms is providing a versatile recipe for novel families of materials full of high-tech promise

The myth of the Mesozoic cannibals: Victorian naturalists portrayed ichthyosaurs as fearsome beasts with a penchant for cannibalism. But another look at the bones shows how wrong they were

A strategy for the sea floor: The floor of the deep oceans, rich in valuable minerals, is ripe for exploitation. So we need to plan now to safeguard the seabed

Keep building those bombs: Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory see no reason to stop making America’s nuclear weapons just because the Cold War has ended

Renewable energy: Britain’s untapped resource – Next month sees the start of a parliamentary inquiry into why Britain lags so far behind other countries in exploiting renewable sources of energy

Twists, tangles and topology: For many of us, a knot is just

Can we end rhino poaching?: Old enemies join forces in Namibia’s war against poaching

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Can we end rhino poaching?