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BBC
How Europe sleepwalked into yet another energy crisis: It is not the first time that there has been deep energy-linked frustration in the heart of Europe.
World's longest coastal path opens in England: The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.
'Designer' dog owners report more problem behaviours, vets warn: The Royal Veterinary College says popular "doodle" dogs do not always behave as expected.
Pay grows at slowest rate in more than five years: Annual earnings grew at an annual rate of 3.8% in the November to January period, the Office for National Statistics says.

CBC
Rideau Cottage 'inadequate' home for a PM as decision on 24 Sussex looms: internal memo:

Here are Canada's biggest points of leverage in tariff and trade talks with the U.S.:

While Canada's economy is far more reliant on exports to the U.S. than vice versa, Canadian negotiators have crucial ammunition in their efforts to land a trade deal that reduces or eliminates tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Canada slips further down in World Happiness rankings, due in part to social media use:

Heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls in English-speaking countries — including Canada — and Western Europe, according to the 2026 World Happiness Report published Thursday.

New York Times Science
NASA’s Hubble Telescope Spots Comet K1 Exploding Into Fragments: In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun.

Why Some Birds Seem to Be Developing a Cigarette Habit: Research from Poland adds to evidence from Latin American countries that compounds in used cigarette butts ward off parasites in bird nests.

Andy Weir on the Science That Inspired His Novel ‘Project Hail Mary’: Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters on Friday.

How To Bring a Bird’s Song Back from the Edge of Extinction: In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding program.

Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch: Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid-fueled rocket on his aunt’s farm.


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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