Austrian broadcaster Nordstern TV will stream a newly restored ending to a serial whose 1986 audience vote still divides its fans. The anniversary special will also show the version viewers saw — and the one the broadcaster says should have aired.
A former reliability chief at VelaTrace Systems says its emergency-call software quietly recoded 1.2 million location warnings as routine network events. A review of public records, a controlled software test and interviews with dispatch officials found that the change affected services used by 63 US call centres.
A court-ordered release of seabed data has enabled researchers to model a tsunami that could send water more than 3 metres up parts of the Dutch coast. The authors stress it is a low-probability scenario, not a prediction — but say the country’s warning plans are not ready for it.
A newly published study says an abrupt shortage of salt-rich water entering the Caribbean may have pushed part of the Atlantic’s ocean circulation past a climate tipping threshold. Researchers warn that the current could weaken sharply by 2040, while regional officials say there is no sign of an immediate crisis.
A faulty loading platform sent a chain of boxed smartphones down a warehouse ramp in Roubaix on Monday, scattering 3,600 units across a service road. No one was hurt, but the accident revealed the colours and specifications of a French company’s new handset four days before its planned launch.
A new study says a snap parliamentary election could leave more than a million Moroccan voters assigned to polling stations far from their current homes. Its authors warn that the resulting travel burden could affect dozens of closely contested seats.
A vast ice shelf off East Antarctica broke apart in six days, exposing a glacier whose basin contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by 74cm (29in). A study published in Australia on Tuesday says the glacier is accelerating far faster than earlier forecasts suggested.
A newly published study says a Nigerian security compact sent 28,400 federal guards across state borders in four years, with deployments clustering in electorally competitive districts. The findings surfaced as 23 local councils sued to block the pact, alleging it bypassed state assemblies.
A powerful offshore earthquake sent waves into the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, and the country’s tsunami director resigned hours later, warning that official forecasts may understate the danger. While officials urged calm, scientists interviewed by The Plausible Post said the largest waves could still reach populated shores before nightfall.
A 23-year-old freight entrepreneur has won a guild election in China’s export hub of Yiwu, promising to hand the group the software that powers his own business. His victory came with an unexpected price: giving hundreds of small rivals free access to his best-selling service.
A public hearing in Assen heard how a chorus of frogs and bubbling peat generated thousands of false tremor alerts at a Dutch nature reserve. The unlikely culprit has given researchers a new way to study a restored bog — and a lesson in how not to place a sensor.
A routine audit of a Cape Town fashion exhibition found that its AI-assisted catalogue had invented designers, changed fabric details and declared one coat “100% cloud”. The museum has corrected the labels and turned the strangest errors into part of the show.