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A CEO worth $305 million killed in an ATV accident at his newly purchased dream farmhouse had multiple past brushes with the law and a scandalous love life.  Doug Lebda, who ran online marketplace LendingTree, died at his riverfront farm in Polk County, North Carolina, on October 12. A wave of tributes poured in for the 55-year-old millionaire, who also …

In September 2020, rising Covid-19 cases plunged London into another lockdown. One photographer roamed the city’s financial district amid an eerie emptiness. There had been hope that Covid-19 would have ebbed away in the northern hemisphere by the end of summer in 2020. Instead, a new wave of the disease appeared in earnest towards the end of August. In little …

Strangely sharp circles of radio waves in space have puzzled astronomers since their surprise discovery in 2019. Now, a team has analyzed one closely in hopes that it might give up its secrets. Firing up a new observatory brings the possibility of discovering brand-new phenomena out in space that our technology has not been able to see before. That’s precisely …

Researchers have long believed that frozen environments slow chemical reactions, but new research challenges this belief. In a study published last month in the journal PNAS, researchers have demonstrated that ice can dissolve iron minerals better than liquid water, with implications for the many Arctic rivers mysteriously turning orange as the planet warms. Specifically, Jean-François Boily, a co-author of the …

An eerie, red-coloured stream has been flowing in Antarctica for centuries, which stands out so much against the icy white landscape that it looks like the glacier is bleeding. “Blood Falls” flows from the tongue of the 35-nautical-mile-long Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in the east …

On 7 to 8 September 2025, a chance alignment of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun will see a good swathe of our planet bathed in the eerie red glow of a total lunar eclipse. It will be the longest total lunar eclipse since 2022, with a totality that lingers around 1 hour and 22 minutes, during which time Earth’s …

A ghostly story that’s not exactly a ghost story, Rose of Nevada is a typically imaginative film from the director Mark Jenkin. But here he has recognizable actors and a much more pronounced narrative than in his last feature, the thoroughly enigmatic Enys Men (2022). That’s not to say the plot is straightforward. It loops back on itself more than …

The last total lunar eclipse of 2025 can be seen by 77 per cent of the global population. It will be visible in Asia, Australia, Africa, and Europe. However, the best scenes will happen in Asia and Western Australia, according to Time and Date. People in Europe and Africa will only be able to see a part of the totality. …

The number of people reaching space has been growing, partially thanks to the likes of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. As of March 2025, 721 people have reached the altitude of space, according to the USAF definition; ‘a place where the laws of aerodynamics do not apply’. But one astronaut joined an exclusive rank when he became one of the few …

Focusing on the aftermath of the mysterious disappearance of 17 children from the same third-grade class, comic turned horror auteur Zach Cregger’s Weapons has the same blend of horror and comedy that made the filmmaker’s Barbarian such a breakout success. Here, Cregger mines even more frightful suspense out of dark spaces and the supernaturally deteriorating bodies that linger within them. …