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BBC
Storm Goretti brings 99mph winds and snow as 65,000 properties lose power: A gust of 99mph is recorded in the Isles of Scilly as the storm brings heavy snow and rain to the UK.
Minnesota officials say FBI blocked their access to ICE shooting probe: Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Minneapolis to protest the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good.
Two starkly opposed Americas laid bare by deadly ICE shooting : The incident is threatening to inflame a deeply contentious debate over immigration enforcement.
Jeremy Bowen: Trump risks pushing world back to age of empires: Donald Trump wants and needs quick victories. Taking Maduro is the decisive win he has craved, writes Jeremy Bowen.

CBC
Doug Ford's plan to remove Crown Royal from Ontario shelves 'misinformed,' Manitoba MP says:

A federal Conservative MP from Manitoba says Ontario Premier Doug Ford didn't have "all the facts in front of him" when he doubled down on threats to pull Crown Royal whisky off shelves.

Researchers hunt each other in the Quebec wilderness — for science, of course:

To better understand the complex interactions between nature’s hunters and hunted, researchers gathered at the the Éco-Laurentides park near Val-Morin, Que., for a game of predator-prey.

Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ont. wants military to help evacuate residents over lack of clean water:

Frustrations are mounting in a remote First Nation in northern Ontario amid plans to evacuate residents due to a lack of clean water. Now, Kashechewan is asking Ottawa for military help to get people out of the community, which had been relying on bottled water and snowmelt after the treatment plant failed.

New York Times Science
Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers: Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words.

Moroccan Cave Fossils Yield a Possible Missing Link in Human Evolution: Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins.

Scientists Discover Oldest Poison, on 60,000-Year-Old Arrows: Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.

This Diminutive Reptile Plays Rock-Paper-Scissors: Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the hidden biology that makes this possible.

NASA Will Bring I.S.S. Astronauts Home Early After Medical Issue: After canceling a spacewalk planned for Thursday, the space agency’s administrator said it was erring on the side of caution and bringing a crew of four home in the coming days.


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The oldest known human art is also the oldest known human attempt to record Nature.  This painting is 34,000 years old and was found in the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, which is the subject of Werner Herzog’s film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Herzog used a 3D camera to capture how the shapes of the walls were incorporated into the paintings.

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