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Tributes paid to nine-year-old killed in German Christmas market attack: André Gleissner was a member of a nearby children's fire brigade, a local fire department said.
Frank Gardner: Saudi warnings about Magdeburg suspect ignored: Saudi authorities said they warned German agencies about the Magdeburg car market attack suspect.
Children among dozens killed in Israeli strikes, Gaza officials say: A school sheltering displaced families was hit, according to Gaza's civil defence agency.
Family tensions and splitting the cost: Navigating awkward Christmas moments: From family feuds to horrible presents, two etiquette coaches explain how to navigate tricky Christmas scenarios.

CBC
Ontario Liberal MPs call for Trudeau's resignation: sources:

B.C. city looks to cement status as speed skating powerhouse with new college program:

Host to one of only three full-length indoor ovals in Canada, Fort St. John now plans to harness that facility to launch a college speed skating program — believed to be the first in the country.

Every day a 'journey of torment': Syrian Canadian describes 20 years in Assad regime prisons:

New York Times Science
A 1,000-Year-Old Seed Grows in Israel: For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.

A Mouse That Swims and Dozens More Species Are Discovered in a Peruvian Jungle: A 38-day expedition in the remote Alto Mayo region, where development threatens wild habitats, turned up one previously unknown animal after another.

Dennis Overbye on Retiring from The New York Times: A Solstice of the Soul: For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.

This Brazilian Velvet Ant Is So Dark That It’s Super-Black: Scientists found that the dark markings on a species of fluffy wasp reflected less than 1 percent of light.

Superflares Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years: New findings suggest that an extraordinarily powerful and dangerous burst of radiation might flare from our sun in the future.


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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