As mourners grieved this week at the funeral of the journalist Lyra McKee, shot dead in Londonderry on the eve of Good Friday, it provided an unusual moment for a united political front against the violence that killed her. More than 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Irish city of Derry is still haunted by rigid segregation and poverty, writes Peter Doak in a profile of the city where the hoped for peace dividend never materialised.

When carmaker Jaguar Land Rover recently persuaded a Beijing court to take action against a Chinese rival for copying the design of its Range Rover Epoque SUV, some saw it as the latest of various signs that China is getting serious about IP protection. Nikolaos Papageorgiadis is impressed by the country’s new specialist IP courts and numerous other reforms to the judicial process, but argues there is a long way to go before the hype is truly justified.

Every hour, a football field of Brazilian rainforest is cut down to produce livestock feed and meat for Europe. The EU is negotiating a new trade deal with Brazil, and researchers want to ensure the deal respects both human rights and the natural world. Claire Wordley and Laura Kehoe explain why they gathered hundreds of scientists and indigenous leaders to call on the EU to help protect the Amazon.

Parkinson’s disease is an age-related brain disorder, but warning signs can appear up to 20 years before the disease is diagnosed. Patrick Lewis and Alastair Noyce provide a list of some of the stranger early warning signs, such as moving violently in your sleep.

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