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BBC
Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within first term: The party says it offers the "biggest overhaul in a generation" but ministers brand it "pointless".
US secretly gives Ukraine long-range missiles: Missiles delivered this month have been used to strike Russian targets in Crimea, US media say.
One-word Ofsted grades should stay, says government: The government says the judgements are useful for parents, after MPs called for them to be scrapped.
Arizona indicts Trump allies over fake elector scheme: Former Trump advisers Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows are among those charged, court documents show.

CBC
RCMP confirm 2 missing kayakers found dead in Washington state:

RCMP confirmed Wednesday that two kayakers that went missing from Vancouver Island have been found dead in the U.S. state of Washington.

Province determines more than 40 medical clinics advertising membership fees:

Alberta's health ministry has determined that more than 40 medical clinics in the province are advertising membership fees for services, nearly a year after one such plan landed a Calgary clinic in hot water.

Taps will be turned off for residents who defy water restrictions in drought-stricken B.C. city:

Extreme drought conditions and the likelihood of another challenging fire season have prompted a community in one of the driest parts of B.C. to start managing its water supply early — and turning off the taps for people who don't follow the rules. 

New York Times Science
Cicadas Are Emerging Now. How Do They Know When to Come Out?: Scientists are making computer models to better understand how the mysterious insects emerge collectively after more than a decade underground.

Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem: New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity.

In Coral Fossils, Searching for the First Glow of Bioluminescence: A new study resets the timing for the emergence of bioluminescence back to millions of years earlier than previously thought.

Belgian Man’s Drunken Driving Defense: His Body Made the Alcohol: A 40-year-old man was acquitted of a drunken driving offense after doctors confirmed he had a rare condition: auto-brewery syndrome.

Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?: H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.


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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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