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Scientists Collected Deep-Sea Rocks. They Spontaneously Caught Fire in The Lab.

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Scientists Collected Deep-Sea Rocks. They Spontaneously Caught Fire in The Lab.

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Learn from India before Malayan tiger falls silent

THE recent Economist Today feature on India's wildlife success carries an uncomfortable message for Malaysia: a country can save its great animals, but only if it decides that protection is more than a policy statement. India's growing encounters with tigers, leopards and elephants are often tragic.

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