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Minister Chris Philp quizzed by Kuenssberg as MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour: Conservative MP Poulter tells the programme he felt he had to quit the Tories because of the strain on the NHS.
Have Iran-Israel missile strikes changed the Middle East?: Political and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of fire, writes James Landale.
Daughter's world 'turned upside down' after pub cellar death: Olwen Collier died from head injuries after falling into the cellar of a pub in south Wales.
Yousaf rules out pact with Alba party to win confidence vote: Alex Salmond is said to want a deal to maximise pro-independence MPs and MSPs in return for support in a no confidence vote.

CBC
In videos and podcasts, Poilievre and Trudeau are eager to explain themselves — at length:

It would be an exaggeration to say Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith's video about carbon pricing is setting the internet on fire. But it's enough to say that Erskine-Smith has contributed to the hottest new trend in Canadian politics: talking at length and in some detail.

Students set up 'indefinite' pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University:

Several tents have gone up on McGill's downtown campus in what students are calling an act of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, joining a wave of similar protests taking place across U.S. campuses amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Orca's ocean escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for generations, says First Nation:

The orphaned orca calf, trapped in a lagoon since March 23, near the community of Zeballos, B.C., about 450 kilometres northwest of Victoria, swam toward the ocean in the early hours of April 26.

New York Times Science
Ancient Female Ballplayer from Huasteca Region on Exhibit: The statue will be part of “Ancient Huasteca Women: Goddesses, Warriors and Governors” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.

100 Pilot Whales Are Rescued After Mass Stranding in Australia: Of the 160 whales stranded near the town of Dunsborough on Thursday morning, more than 100 were returned to the ocean. Twenty-nine others, however, died on the beach.

Exploring Atomic Bomb History Beyond Los Alamos: The Atomic Museum in Las Vegas explains to visitors that Nevada and other states also played a role — for better or worse — in the creation of nuclear energy.

How do Cicadas 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.

A Megaraptor Emerges From Footprint Fossils, Study Suggests: A series of foot tracks in southeastern China points to the discovery of a giant velociraptor relative, paleontologists suggest in a new study.


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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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