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Wildfires cost billions of dollars in damage and often result in lost lives. Take a look inside the fire season. Meet the firefighters and explore how the history of forest management could be feeding today's flames. Discover the technology that’s helping firefighters to do their risky work. Women living in the refugee camps of Darfur, Sudan, must walk for seven hours outside the safety of the camps to collect firewood for cooking, putting them at daily risk for rape and assault. Now, researchers have engineered a more efficient wood-burning stove, which is greatly reducing both the women’s need for firewood and the threat of violence against them. A growing number of the world’s police are putting away their old radar guns and embracing new laser beam guns. Find out how this gadget helps cops clock cars with much more precision than before.
