Science in the News…

BBC Science News

• Next El Niño could be strongest in decades

• 'Killer fungus' could be good news for habitats decimated by invasive moss

• Exploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa's Moon plans

• Farmers warn food security can't be taken for granted

• Moment Blue Origin rocket explodes during test in Florida

• UK's rudest chalk figure gets a glow-up to stop it fading in the rain

• Why temperature records are being not only broken but smashed

• Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base

• Britain's protected birds of prey still being shot, trapped and poisoned, says RSPB

• The space race to create gym equipment for future astronauts

NY Times Science News

• The Toll of a ‘Missing Scientists’ Conspiracy Theory on the Families Left Behind

• Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories

• As A.I. Makes Strides in Mathematics, Mathematicians Urge Caution

• As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments

• Giant Stone Urns Hint at the Death Rites of a Lost People in Laos

• Crested Ibises Get the Royal Treatment in Japan as They Fly Again

• Trump Administration to Dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative

• A Hidden Treasure of Rare Snake Specimens

• E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away

• Unusual Greenpeace Lawsuit May Proceed, Dutch Court Says