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Over the weekend, crucial undersea cables providing internet access to parts of Asia were mysteriously cut,  leading to internet outages in certain parts of the Middle East and Asia. The initial news seems to have originated from a Microsoft announcement published on Sunday. The announcement reads, in part: “Starting at 05:45 UTC on 06 September 2025, network traffic traversing through …

QUICK FACTS Name: Loughareema, or The Vanishing Lake Location: County Antrim, Northern Ireland Coordinates: 55.157034137386944, -6.1079272599514285 Why it’s incredible: The lake can disappear in just hours. Loughareema, or The Vanishing Lake, is an ephemeral lake in Northern Ireland with a rare geology that scientists still don’t really understand. Three streams flow into the lake, but the only exit is a …

Deep beneath the waves of the North Sea, the seafloor is behaving in an unexpected way. There, scientists have discovered hundreds of vast sand mounds, some on the scale of several kilometers across, that, according to a release from the University of Manchester in the UK, “defy fundamental geological principles”. These mounds pile atop structures known as sinkites, the result …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Hundreds of unusually bright early galaxy candidates have been identified in deep-field images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. . | Credit: Bangzheng “Tom” Sun Hundreds of unexpectedly energetic objects have been discovered throughout the distant universe, possibly hinting that the cosmos was …

Hundreds of unexpectedly energetic objects have been discovered throughout the distant universe, possibly hinting that the cosmos was far more active during its infancy than astronomers once believed. Using deep-field images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers at the University of Missouri identified 300 unusually bright objects in the early universe. While they could be galaxies, astronomers aren’t …

For thousands of years, a disease repeatedly struck ancient Eurasia, quickly spreading far and wide. The bite of infected fleas that lived on rats passed on the plague in its most infamous form — the Black Death of the 14th century — to humans, and remains its most common form of transmission today. During the Bronze Age, however, the plague …

A red supergiant star has expelled the largest cloud of gas and dust ever seen in the process of being blown off one of these stellar behemoths. The vast size and intricacy of the cloud suggests that there could be a hidden group of stars that are contributing to the growth of the cloud. In a false-color image taken by …

A Cincinnati judge has ordered former Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen to explain—in writing—why he unexpectedly resigned in March, forcing him to confront what his attorneys call “completely irrelevant” and “embarrassing” questions in a lawsuit involving singer Jewel. McMullen, who led the Cincinnati-based grocery giant for more than a decade, resigned following what Kroger described as an investigation into his “personal …

Authorities in Florida have found the body of missing North Carolina teen Giovanni Pelletier, 18, in a tragic end to the week-long search for the teen.  His decomposing remains were found in a retention pond off I-75 and State Road 70 on Friday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. The body was formally identified on Saturday afternoon.  The area …

By STACY LIBERATORE, U.S. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Scientists have warned that Earth’s rotation is set to speed up on Tuesday, resulting in one of the shortest days in recorded history.  The change, driven by the moon’s gravitational pull, will cause the planet to spin slightly faster at its poles, shaving 1.25 milliseconds off the usual 24-hour day.  While the …