Essex and Suffolk Water brings in hosepipe ban
A temporary hosepipe ban has been put in place for Essex & Suffolk Water customers after “prolonged dry…
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
Explanation: The Dark Doodad Nebula drifts through southern skies, a tantalizing target for binoculars toward the small constellation…
America cancelled the world’s most powerful particle collider, leaving a 22.5-km tunnel hidden beneath Texas for more than 30 years | World News
A vast underground tunnel system stretching 22.5 kilometres still lies hidden beneath the fields of Texas, marking the…
Why basking sharks have the strangest skin in the ocean
Most shark skin feels like fine sandpaper. One way it runs smooth, the other way it grips. That…
New dinosaur discovered in Zimbabwe reveals diversity of region
The late Triassic was when dinosaurs were beginning to spread around the planet before they became the dominant…
Revealed: London’s 10 new wild swimming and revitalised beauty spots
Ten locations across London have been singled out for cash that will be used to clean up waterways…
A Martian day runs 39 minutes and 35 seconds longer than an Earth day, so rover teams at JPL live on Mars time for the length of a mission, sliding their whole schedule later each day until they are eating breakfast at midnight, and their families describe it as jet lag with no destination
At first, the change is almost trivial. A rover engineer who begins work at 8 a.m. today begins…
World-first photonic time crystal opens a new era of light control
An international research team has experimentally produced the first all-optical photonic time crystal (PTC), a material designed to…
Submersible stumbles upon prehistoric animal 365m deep in Pacific darkness
Ocean researchers have shared the extraordinary moment a nautilus swam right up to their underwater vehicle to say hello. Marine…
Northern Lights Forecast: 10 States May See Aurora Thursday Night
A vivid Aurora Borealis display reflected in the Glendo Reservoir in Glendo State Park, Wyoming. getty The northern…
Food waste collections bringing in more than expected
When the new service was launched in March, it had been estimated that around 200 tons would be…
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad Discover the cosmos! Each day a different…