A sensor network has recorded a sharp rise in ground movement and gas near Furnas, prompting scientists to warn that an eruption could begin within 72 hours. Azores officials say the evidence does not justify evacuation, setting off a fierce dispute at a public hearing on São Miguel.
A sudden fall in dissolved oxygen across the Thermaikos Gulf has left marine scientists warning that a 1,200-square-kilometre dead zone could form by 10 October. Greek officials say there is no immediate danger to people, but researchers say fish and shellfish may already be running out of room to escape.
A volunteer project selling misshapen produce cheaply has helped hundreds of Accra households, but testing commissioned after residents queried its supplies found faecal bacteria in eight of 30 samples. The results point to unsafe washing and weak checks—not to blemishes themselves—as the health concern.
A newly published Brazilian study says a popular mobile football game made its opponents tougher for players who declined in-game purchases. The finding lands as a new law takes effect, requiring game publishers to explain how software changes difficulty for individual users.
A burst of rainwater at an Ankara hospital led inspectors to equipment that had been recording sterilisation cycles as safe when two machines were running far below temperature. The audit says instruments from those machines were used in 1,760 procedures, and the hospital group faces a possible 42 million lira fine.
A celebrated South African conservation presenter has announced the discovery of 24 dinosaur nests in the Free State, a record cluster of early dinosaur eggs. The fossils offer an unusually close look at how hatchlings lived — and who should care for the find has already become part of the story.
A shifting silhouette at a New York fashion exhibition has been reported by more than 2,300 visitors, turning a retrospective into an unsettling test of perception. Experts say the effect is probably optical, but warn that the museum’s explanation is running behind the phenomenon.
A Filipino novelist’s video exposing a luxury book set sold without the book inside has drawn more than 13 million views and forced a major literary prize to pause its public vote. The publisher says the novel was always sold separately; the prize council is demanding answers before Sunday’s award ceremony.
A sudden shortage of certified traffic analysts has forced Chile to suspend citations from 1,840 radar cameras, leaving tens of thousands of possible fines in limbo. In interviews, drivers, engineers and lawmakers describe a rushed policy that demanded human checks faster than the state could train people to do them.
A boiler failure at a Swedish paper mill left publishers scrambling for book paper this month, and a new analysis says the damage reached far beyond delayed deliveries. Debut novels caught in the 19-day shortage sold 28% fewer copies in their first month, with most of those lost sales never recovered.
A new forensic paper has traced the black flecks that prompted a 1997 recall of 44,800 Thai cough-lozenge packs to resin varnish on a packing-room rail. Researchers say the finding closes a mystery that once made sealed medicine cartons a source of public alarm — without finding evidence of deliberate tampering.
A motorised display carrying 24 elaborate creature-inspired outfits accelerated far beyond its planned speed at a Jakarta fashion exhibition launch on Thursday. Visitors were evacuated, 31 garments were damaged and the museum’s opening-day programme was cancelled; no injuries were reported.