Science and Technology News

Your Science and Techno Zone

Entries for July, 2026

Can you be fined for using a hosepipe?

Hosepipe ban in force as drought threatens – is your area affected?

Wildfires and record dry conditions trigger drought in parts of Wales

When can you see the Perseid meteor shower?

River levels approach all-time low as drought announcement looms

Fate of massive 20m-high space radar in ministers’ hands

UK’s largest wind farm to be rebuilt with fewer, larger turbines

Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study

How farmers could fix Wales’ polluted rivers and save money

Tokyo urges men to wear shorts to work, but some women say it’s ‘leg hair harassment’

Parts of the UK move closer to drought

Going with the flow: Renewable energy battery breakthrough

Controversial farm subsidy scheme gets billion pound budget

From coffee grounds to guinea pig bedding – the composters keeping it local

Is Burnham promising a new dawn for North Sea oil and gas?

Perseid meteors to light up night sky in one of the year’s most active showers

Diamonds and ‘cab to orbit’: Rocket aiming to transform India’s space ambitions takes off

Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over fires sending ‘filthy’ air into US cities

Second half of summer to bring chances for rain but heatwave threat persists

What this desert city can teach the world about tackling heat deaths

What to know about the Canadian and US wildfires and their impact

Romania Animal Rescue Provides New “Kindness Patrol” to Best Serve Romania’s Most Overlooked Dog and Cat Populations

First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star

Longest dry spell in 30 years for parts of England as heatwave hits two-week mark

Too hot to fly: the airports at risk from climate change

At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same area where campers died

Watch: Flood waters surge in Texas after huge rainstorms

Volunteer firefighter suspected of starting devastating France forest fire

Extreme weather in the UK is the ‘new normal’

New monkey species with orange lips found ‘hiding’ in DR Congo forest