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BBC
Starmer vows to fight on after historic Green by-election win: The result - in a seat Labour has held for nearly 100 years - heaps further pressure on the PM's position.
Henry Zeffman: Green victory shows insurgent parties are here to stay: The party's historic win in Gorton and Denton by-election is clearest sign yet of changing political landscape.
Boy assaulted by birth parents wins campaign for UK child cruelty register: Tony Hudgell, who lost both legs after his birth parents assaulted him, has fought to protect children.
Mahmood to press on with immigration reforms despite by-election defeat: The home secretary is to double down on plans for Danish-style restrictions on asylum seekers.

CBC
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim apologizes to councillor for unsubstantiated comments about distributing drugs:

Mayor Ken Sim says he has apologized to his council colleague Sean Orr for claiming without evidence in a media briefing earlier this month that Orr distributed illegal drugs. Orr has denied the allegation "unequivocally" and said the comments were ridiculous and defamatory.

Alberta woman will serve just under 4 years in prison for death of 8-year-old girl:

Cries and shouts could be heard inside an Edmonton courtroom after Ashley Rattlesnake, 30, was sentenced for the death of eight-year-old Nina Napope Dumais. 

McGill and Concordia drop legal fight over Quebec's out-of-province tuition hikes:

Concordia and McGill universities had both filed lawsuits in early 2024, arguing that the government’s plan to increase tuition for out-of-province students was discriminatory and threatened their institutional viability.

New York Times Science
What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals: Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there.

Bird Flu Strikes California Elephant Seals for the First Time: Thirty seals, primarily weaned pups, have died since late last week, scientists said.

The Password That Lets Caterpillars Hide in an Ant’s Lair: Some butterfly species can’t grow unless they trick ants into taking them home with a complex rhythmic signal.

T. Rex Ran on Its Tiptoes ‘Like an 8-Ton Chicken’: New findings about the anatomy of the dinosaur age’s fiercest predator suggest it chased prey “like an oversized bird.”


Visualizing Science

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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