Andreas Harsano

Cocoa beans

Will a new strain of cacao tree save us from the coming chocolate shortage?

Global Scan

Chocoholics beware: What would you do if you couldn’t buy chocolate — or if the price suddenly went through the roof? We may soon find out, unless science can save the day. Meanwhile, there’s no looming shortage of human waste, and Britain is using it to fuel a passenger bus. Also, the Mafia’s secret initiation rite is now on video for all to see. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.