Science in the News…

BBC Science News

• 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?

• Secret court documents reveal potential scale of illegal sewage spilling

• Even camels can't cope: Africa's ships of the desert hit by rising temperatures

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

• UK's largest onshore 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

NY Times Science News

• Four Young Mathematicians Receive Prestigious Fields Medals

• What Were the Lotus-Eaters Eating in Homer’s ‘Odyssey’?

• He’s the Last Great Land Artist You’ve Never Heard Of

• With Saudi Deal, Trump Loosens Nuclear Standards for One Close Ally

• How to Eat a 2,000-Pound Fish? These Orcas Choose to Pulverize It.

• Deep in This Lake, a Contagious Cancer Is Spreading

• Saudis Reach Deal With U.S. That Could Let Them Enrich Nuclear Fuel

• Monkeys Understand Shapes in Almost the Same Way as Humans

• ‘Too Rare to Care’? A New Center for Rare Diseases Hopes to Change That

• John Pardon Untangles the Theoretical Loops