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BBC
US intercepts and seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship, Trump says: Tehran vows retaliation soon for what it calls an "act of armed piracy", which comes as the US prepares for a second round of talks.
Tehran will never cede control of Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian politician tells BBC: Lyse Doucet speaks to Ebrahim Azizi, who says Iran "will decide the right of passage" through the crucial shipping route.
Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal: The prime minister said he was "staggered" to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him.
Man kills seven of his children, and an eighth child, in Louisiana mass shooting: The children, aged from one to 14 years old, were killed in a shooting that police are describing as a "domestic disturbance".

CBC
'Everything is under control' says premier as Quebec deals with spring flooding:

Lytton, B.C., was razed by fire — but costs of maintaining new facilities could lead to financial ruin:

Jennifer Thoss, a member of Lytton's council elected in 2022, worries a lack of leadership and oversight by the provincial and federal governments has set the tiny B.C. village on a path to financial ruin. It was largely destroyed in a fast-moving wildfire in 2021.

Habs take Game 1 in Tampa with hat trick from Slafkovsky:

Juraj Slafkovsky scored his third power-play goal 1:22 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in Game 1 of their first-round series on Sunday night.

New York Times Science
How Female Anglerfish Evolved to Have It All: The deep-sea fish ended up with glowing lures not just to snag meals, but also to attract mates, a new study finds.

In Defense of Dumb Dogs: Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.

Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds: Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes.

Whydah Gally Shipwreck Corrects a Myth About African Gold: Centuries-old European tales about Gold Coast traders adulterating precious metals hundreds of years ago are challenged by the famous Whydah Gally shipwreck.


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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