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BBC
At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-speed trains: The incident happened near the town of Adamuz, close to the city of Cordoba.
PM to give No 10 speech after weekend of Greenland and tariffs turmoil: Sir Keir Starmer is due to respond to US President Donald Trump's latest move to take over the Danish territory.
Andrew Rosindell quits Tories and defects to Reform UK: His defection comes days after former shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick joined Reform.
How crypto criminals stole $700 million from people - often using age-old tricks: As crypto wealth continues to grow, criminals are mixing sophisticated hacks with deception, and in some cases, real life violence.

CBC
Survey from Winnipeg spa asked 'blatantly disrespectful' question about 'purity of the country': customer:

The parent company of Winnipeg spa Thermea is pulling a guest experience survey that asked what one customer says were "highly inappropriate" questions, including one asking if immigration is a threat to "the purity of the country." 

Doctors can now perform robotic procedures from afar. What that means for rural Canadians:

Even from a few kilometres away, Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira is able to perform a critical diagnostic procedure, thanks to an internet connection and a remote-controlled robot. It’s still early in its development, and the robot necessary is expensive, but Pereira says it could provide greater access to surgeries for patients who live in remote parts of the country.

Barriers to sending remains abroad highlighted by death of Ukrainian in Halifax:

New York Times Science
If the Volcanic Eruption Doesn’t Scare You, the Mudflow Should: Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help planners anticipate future mudflows.

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth After Medical Evacuation From International Space Station: The members of Crew-11 — two American, one Russian and one Japanese — splashed down after one became ill, prompting an early return.

For the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts: The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.

Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus: This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.


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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