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BBC
Bowen: Sinwar's death is serious blow to Hamas, but not the end of the war: Netanyahu has won a big victory with the killing of Yahya Sinwar. But it is not the end of the war, nor of Hamas.
How Israel found and killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar: Israel had hunted the architect of the 7 October atrocities for more than a year. A chance encounter in Rafah got him.
Netanyahu says focus on hostages after Sinwar death: Sinwar, who topped Israel's most-wanted list, was a key figure believed to have been behind the 7 October attacks.
Who was the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar?: Israel says its troops in Gaza killed Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of the 7 October 2023 attack.

CBC
First Nations vote down resolution to endorse $47.8B child welfare reform offer:

Chiefs from across Canada heard from representative plaintiffs ahead of a scheduled vote on a $47.8 billion child and family services reform agreement reached with Canada in July.

Alberta government 'deeply concerned' with Bloc Québécois supply management bill:

Though Bill C-282 has received cross-party federal support in Ottawa, Alberta's provincial government says it's not a backer of the Bloc Québécois legislation that aims to prevent Canada's supply-managed sectors — dairy, poultry and eggs — from being included in future international trade negotiations.

Sask. Party's '1st order of business' to be gendered change room policy in schools: Scott Moe:

The policy was not part of the platform released over the weekend. Moe said the party was just alerted to concerns "recently."

New York Times Science
These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes: A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist.

How Neanderthals and Other Early Humans Evolved to Eat Starch: Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch.

Sperm Can’t Unlock an Egg Without This Ancient Molecular Key: Using Google’s AlphaFold, researchers identified the bundle of three sperm proteins that seem to make sexual reproduction possible.

Parachutes Made of Mucus Change How Some Scientists See the Ocean: With a new kind of microscope, researchers got a different view of how marine snow falls to the seafloor.

Columbia Cancer Surgeon Notches 5 More Retractions for Suspicious Data: Dr. Sam Yoon and a collaborator duplicated images across their research studies over many years. The collaborator has left Columbia.


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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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