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BBC
Analysis: Andy Burnham's route back to the Commons is clearer - but one big hurdle remains: The Greater Manchester mayor faces a messy and bitter by-election battle with Reform UK.
Watch: The day Labour's potential leadership race began to heat up: Political turmoil continued in Westminster on Thursday after Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned Starmer's government saying he had "lost confidence" in his leadership.
Brutal raid on woman's birthday party highlights rise of Russian vigilante group: The Russkaya Obshina group stages raids to look for activities contravening "traditional Russian values".
'Don't swim' warnings in place at nearly all of England's official river bathing sites: Too much bacteria linked to faeces found at almost all England's designated river bathing sites

CBC
Father of boy killed in Edmonton dog attack testifies at owner’s trial:

The father of an 11-year-old boy who died following a dog attack two years ago testified Thursday at the trial of the owner charged in connection with the death.

Vancouver mayor 'objectively harassed' city councillor, breached code of conduct, investigation finds:

An investigation into Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's behaviour has found that he breached the city's code of conduct and misused his influence to personally attack Coun. Sean Orr shortly after Orr was elected in 2025.

Wet weather mixes with dust storm, brings rare dirty rain to southern Manitoba:

If you were hoping for rain to wash away the post-winter grit and grime, you might be confused after the storm that just rolled through southern Manitoba.

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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