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Stories include Africa's soaring population and the fracking debate.

Science news, analysis and breakthroughs. Stories include Africa's soaring population and a new study pinning down the source of water contamination in fracking wells.

This week. Despite war, disease and famine Africa's population is soaring. As the fracking debate continues a new study pins down the source of water contamination. There's promising news for MS patients. We hear about a radio as tiny as an ant.
The countdown continues to land the Rosetta probe on a comet. And we take a longer look at Cyber Security and ask how safe is your data?

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