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BBC
Hogmanay celebrations cancelled as UK-wide weather warnings take hold: High winds, rain and snowfall are expected to bring disruption to parts of the UK from New Year's Eve.
Anger as families wait for victims' remains after South Korea plane crash: Some 179 people were killed in the Jeju Air crash on Sunday - authorities say the delay is because the bodies have been badly damaged and identification is taking time.
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war: Moscow said 150 Russians were released while Zelensky said 189 Ukrainians had returned home.
Gisèle Pelicot rape case: 17 men appeal against convictions : More could follow before the window to lodge appeals closes at midnight on 30 December.

CBC
Selling Churchill: N.L. spending $300K in ad blitz to sell new power deal:

Within hours of the Churchill Falls announcement earlier this month, the Newfoundland and Labrador government launched a media blitz to win residents over to the tentative deal.

Meet the 17-year-old Quebec painter taking her work international:

Mégane Fortin’s passion for painting started when she was just five years old. More than 10 years later, she’s selling her paintings to buyers across the world and participating in international art fairs.

Wait for answers continues 1 year after 19-year-old fatally shot by Winnipeg police:

Manitoba’s Nigerian community is keeping the memory of an international student fatally shot by police close this week, but as the first anniversary of his death approaches, they are also eager for answers that have yet to come. 

New York Times Science
Human Thought Is Far Slower Than Your Internet Connection: A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,” one researcher said.

FAA Grants Bezos’ Blue Origin Launch License for New Glenn Rocket: The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch the vehicle to orbit.

A Century of Human Detritus, Visualized: “Technostuff” built in the last 100 years outweighs all the living matter on Earth.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Sends Signal Home: The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft.


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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