AI Safety Debate: OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki says AI development should slow down and that governments must coordinate to keep people in the loop. Agritech in AR: Smart glasses use real-time vision to judge cherry tomato ripeness and paint harvest decisions in the wearer’s view. Cyber Defense: A new model, VIB-NER, spots previously unseen threat terms in messy security reports, boosting accuracy and speeding training. Autonomous Robotics: A graph-based reinforcement learning approach helps quadrotors navigate cluttered spaces more reliably. Medical Tech: FDA expanded Bayer’s Hyrnuo (sevabertinib) for HER2-mutated lung cancer, with strong response rates in a first-line setting. Energy & Industry: SABIC approved a major ammonia-urea expansion in Saudi Arabia, adding capacity and a carbon capture unit. Climate Risk: NPR reports glacial lake floods are escalating in Nepal, threatening millions downstream. Space Science: NASA’s Perseverance found clay-like kaolinite in Jezero Crater, strengthening the case for ancient warm, wet Mars. Education & Equity: Ontario Science Centre layoffs eliminate its science unit, while Minnesota MCA results show widespread science underperformance in Mahnomen County.