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Boosting jobs: From coding camps to streamlining for startups

Changing views on crime, from Central Asia to the South Pacific

Damage control: How the World Bank reformed and Brazil curbs illegal gold

Bright spots: Dark sky in China, and TV lessons for Afghan girls

In Pictures

Dive into the tropical fish nursery of the future

A glassy sweeper egg, moments from hatching, is seen through a microscope at Roger Williams University’s Wet Lab in Bristol, Rhode Island, where parent offspring are bred for the New England Aquarium's aquaculture program. The round bubble is an oil droplet, which is a nutritional source similar to an egg yolk.

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Reunited: Stolen art goes home, and why lonely habitats need company

Meeting unique needs: From sign language TV to teen pregnancy prevention

Keeping it wild: Tokyo farms and Europe’s last undammed river

Double lives: From glass back to sand, and how solar panels can save water

Erasing stigmas: Women workers’ unique right, and an inclusive census

From bird hunting in EU to poaching of pangolins, curbs on harm

Laws with teeth: Slowing shark loss and new coal mines

Burn to preserve, and other forest practices, from Ecuador to California

Library thrives in a Pakistan gun town; and the olfactory superpower of AI

Gaming as serious work for students, and trees that celebrate girls