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BBC
How were Trump's tariffs calculated?: Analysts have questioned claims that new tariffs are reciprocal and based on those charged against the US.
UK draws up list of US products it could hit with tariffs: The business secretary says he wants to reach an economic deal but would take "necessary steps' if talks failed.
iPhones, pensions and Brexit: Your questions about tariffs answered: Donald Trump slaps much of the world with a 10% baseline tariff while others face even higher rates. Our correspondents answer your questions.
Russia excluded from Trump's sweeping tariffs list: US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.

CBC
NDP proposes reviving war-era Victory Bonds to raise money for trade fight with U.S.:

'Dumbfounded and disgusted': Canada's car capital grapples with Trump tariffs:

This remote community of about 100 is caught in the Canada-U.S. trade war:

The 100 or so year-round residents of Northwest Angle, Minn., are closely watching the Canada-U.S. trade war and threats of annexation. Outside of Alaska, it’s the only part of the United States that's north of the 49th parallel, and only exists because of a surveyor’s mistake on a flawed 1755 map.

New York Times Science
This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning: Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said.

How the Myanmar Earthquake Shook Skyscrapers in Bangkok: Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions.

NASA Astronauts Speak for First Time After 9-Month Stay in Space at ISS: Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke in their first news conference since returning to Earth two weeks ago from an unexpectedly long I.S.S. stay that lasted more than nine months.

Eating ‘Family Style’ May Have Set the Stage for Life as We Know It: Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say: Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.


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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