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Sunak vows to hit 2.5% defence spend target by 2030: The PM says an extra £75bn over six years will put the UK's defence industry on a "war footing".
BBC sees people struggling on migrant boat before five died: The BBC’s Andrew Harding witnessed a vessel leave the French coast in which five people later died.
Husband of ex-Post Office boss advised on IT 'bug': A decision to use "less emotive" words for problems with Horizon is called "Orwellian", inquiry hears.
Camilla, William and Kate receive royal honours: The King awards historic honours to senior royals, in a year that has seen pressures of ill health.

CBC
Toronto police chief says he accepts verdict in Zameer trial as fallout continues over comments:

Caribou herds in B.C. and Alberta have grown nearly 50%, mostly due to wolf culls, study finds:

Fresh research suggests Western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a policy that will likely have to continue for decades.

Canada Post refusing to collect banned guns for Ottawa's buyback program:

Canada Post is refusing to collect firearms that were banned by the federal government in 2020, complicating Ottawa's plans for a buyback program to remove 144,000 firearms from private hands, federal sources say.

New York Times Science
Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem: New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity.

Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?: H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.

Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR: Much as ChatGPT generates poetry, a new A.I. system devises blueprints for microscopic mechanisms that can edit your DNA.

Like Moths to a Flame? We May Need a New Phrase.: Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted to some kinds of light than they once were.

The Magnetic Heart of the Milky Way: A new map of the center of the Milky Way galaxy reveals details of its magnetic fields


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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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