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BBC
Scotland's assisted dying bill rejected after emotional debate: Scotland would have become the first part of the UK to legalise the process had MSPs backed the proposals.
Zelensky calls for Trump and Starmer to meet and find common ground: In an exclusive interview with the BBC after talks with Starmer, the Ukrainian president says the pair should meet to "re-load the relationship".
Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war, urging Trump to 'reverse course': National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent says Trump "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".
Total repression and air strikes bring unrelenting dread for Iranians: Tehran residents tell the BBC they're caught between US-Israeli bombing and an Iranian regime trying to reassert its power.

CBC
Police anticipated 'worst-case scenario' by deploying sniper at St. Patrick's Day party, says former officer:

The sighting of a sniper on Saturday during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Waterloo was met with fear and shock by some, but one policing expert from Wilfrid Laurier University says this is a proactive measure designed to keep the crowd safe.

Longest ballot organizers eye protest in upcoming Montreal-area byelection:

A group that has signed up droves of protest candidates in a number of elections and byelections in recent years is organizing in another upcoming vote, this time in Terrebonne.

Federal government appeals Emergencies Act use during convoy protest to Supreme Court:

The federal government is bringing its case to justify use of the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital city and border points to the country's highest court.

New York Times Science
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.

Space Jam: NASA’s MADCAP Team Directs Traffic at the Moon: A “red alert” involving the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of incidents above Earth’s neighbor.

In Criminal Cases, Moss Is Often Underfoot and Overlooked: A group of scientists and law enforcement officials are pointing to the role moss can play to help solve crimes.


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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