Science in the News…

BBC Science News

• Orionid meteor shower to peak in UK skies this week

• Northern Ireland needs 'courage and leadership' to tackle climate change

• Five ways El Niño is affecting the weather around the world

• Mission blasts off for Mars to grab a piece of its moon

• BBC visits wildfire front in haze-choked Indonesia

• Fears for protected bats if glamping pod plans are approved

• Fuel leak spreads more than two miles along River Taff

• How to see the Orionid meteor shower

• Turning the tides: Could hidden sea power energise our coastal towns?

• Fast-moving California wildfire burns homes as people are ordered to leave

NY Times Science News

• Russian Satellite Makes a Menacing Approach to Another Craft in Orbit

• How Did Life Arise? Three Turning Points in Early Evolution

• A Japanese Spacecraft Aims to Bring Back a Bit of a Martian Moon

• The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests

• For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe

• The Leap Second Has Been Canceled

• Terry Tao Is on the Front Lines of the Debate Over AI and the Future of Math

• Citizen Science Groups Grapple With the Rise of A.I. Slop

• Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery

• Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life