Science in the News…

BBC Science News

• When a beloved tree began withering away, locals suspected a killer in their midst

• Michael Sheen's 'constructive' meeting with first minister over toxic dumping claims

• See tiny organisms on show in microscopic video competition

• New wild cat species discovered - with only one known living member

• Repeat offender fined for searching for gold in protected river

• Nepal to use new flood study to claim millions from UN climate disaster fund

• The farmer who turned to singing after bovine TB silenced his fields

• Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough

• Colombia and Brazil deadliest countries for environmental activists, report says

• Third Heathrow runway should only go ahead if airlines pay for cleaner flying, say advisers

NY Times Science News

• Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

• Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children

• New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century

• Will A.I. Kill Us? Can It Hack My Bank Account? Your A.I. Questions Answered

• NASA Telescope Helps Scientists Find a New Type of X-ray Object

• This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked

• What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?

• The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest

• A Feather Found in Dinosaur Poop Might Explain How Birds Beat Extinction

• How Trump Has Disrupted National Parks