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BBC
Key excerpts from Streeting's resignation letter as he quits as health secretary: He quits as health secretary after days of speculation that he is preparing to launch a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer.
At a glance: Starmer fights to stay on as prime minister: The prime minister is fighting to stay on in No 10 as heavy election losses trigger a Labour revolt.
UK economy sees surprising growth - these six charts explain what is going on: The BBC's Faisal Islam explains why the economy is showing more resilience than many expected, despite the war in Iran.
'Floating armoury' ship reportedly seized by Iran: A vessel said to be a “floating armoury” in the Gulf of Oman has been seized by Iranian military personnel, according to reports.

CBC
More than half of comments removed from Alto's high-speed rail map to be reinstated:

More than half of the 118 comments removed by moderators from a map showing possible routes for Canada's proposed high-speed rail project should never have been taken down and will be added back by the end of the week, according to Alto.

26 more Canadians being contacted for 'low-risk' hantavirus exposure:

More Canadians are being contacted after having been on the same flight as a confirmed hantavirus case, according to federal health officials.

Artemis II crew gets hero's welcome at Canadian Space Agency in Quebec:

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and the rest of the Artemis II crew have received a hero's welcome at Canadian Space Agency headquarters after their journey to the far side of the moon.

New York Times Science
Can Some Very Tiny Particles Cool the Planet? One Tech Company Says Yes.: Stardust Solutions says its tiny spheres can reflect the sun’s rays without harming people or the environment. Critics say private companies have no business altering Earth’s atmosphere.

A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge: In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.

Building Nests Is Hard. That’s Why Some Birds Steal.: When researchers used GPS devices to monitor the nests of Hawaiian honeycreepers, they found dozens of cases of brazen avian burglary.

How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough: The new strategy also holds promise for lung and colon tumors. Here’s how scientists discovered it.

A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life: The creation, care and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully.


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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