Humanity's homeland found in ancient Botswana

Humanity's homeland found in ancient Botswana
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This Alaska mine could generate $1 billion a year. Is it worth the risk to salmon?

A giant open-pit copper and gold dig above Alaska's Bristol Bay could yield sales of more than $20 billion in two decades, but Pebble Mine would place the world's greatest wild salmon run at risk forever.
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An Advocate For Kazakhs Persecuted In China Is Banned From Activism In Kazakhstan

Serikjan Bilash signed a plea deal after Kazakh officials charged him with "inciting ethnic tensions" for his work documenting repression against Kazakhs and in China's Xinjiang region.
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Video games in China: beyond the great firewall

On the ground in the vast world of Chinese gaming.
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Why you should worry if you have a Chinese smartphone

China’s use of technology for social control of its citizens is extensive – but it could affect users elsewhere too, says security analyst Samantha Hoffman
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Smartphones continue to change North Korean society

Smartphones are driving major changes in North Korean lifestyles, several Daily NK sources in Pyongyang recently reported. 
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Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'

Forecast suggests rainforest could stop producing enough rain to sustain itself by 2021
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