Indonesia is in the throes of a wildfire catastrophe. Amid a so-called “Super El Niño” that has supercharged local drought conditions, thousands of active fire hotspots are spreading and multiplying across the country, fuelling a transnational haze crisis that is the region’s worst in more than a decade. But what makes Borneo’s fires particularly worrying
Certain kinds of clouds are misbehaving – appearing more often and lower in the sky than they used to. To help identify the factors influencing these changes (e.g. shifts in Earth’s long-term weather patterns), scientists have asked people around the world with cameras to submit fresh images of these clouds as a part of the
Sam Altman is not dead, contrary to what a Google result earlier today may have told you. Early Wednesday, users on X and Reddit pointed out that the Google search result for the OpenAI CEO’s name said he had died that same day. Google acknowledged the incorrect result several hours later. “Thanks for flagging –
Prosecutor Diane Ngomsik told AFP news agency that the 18-year-old volunteer firefighter initially confessed to having “set twigs on fire with a lighter and gasoline” before recanting. BFMTV said a second 18-year-old man had also been placed under formal investigation, a stage of French criminal procedure that can lead to formal charges and a subsequent
In a competitive situation, FX has secured the rights to develop a series based on the New Yorker article “The Call of the Wild” by Paige Williams. Variety has learned exclusively from sources. Also published online in January 2026 with the title “The field rescue team in America’s busiest national park,” the article details the
