Ghost

A wildlife documentary titled 'Wild Rio Negro | The Black Ghost and the Fatal Coil' is drawing large audiences. The film explores the Rio Negro, the dark-water river in Brazil's Amazon, focusing on a mysterious creature dubbed the 'Black Ghost' and a deadly predatory encounter described as the fatal coil. Viewers are responding strongly to the documentary's look at one of the Amazon's most enigmatic waterways and its hidden wildlife.

A wildlife documentary titled 'Wild Luangwa' is drawing wide attention with its exploration of an elusive animal in Zambia's Luangwa Valley that Africa long dismissed as mythical. The film frames the creature as 'the ghost Africa thought was a myth', focusing on the remote wilderness of the Luangwa region and the mystery surrounding sightings of the rarely seen animal there.

Formula 1 released a 'ghost car' visual comparing Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's laps at the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix, showing the two drivers' pace side by side. The clip has drawn well over a million engagements, with fans debating the margins between the two champions and what the new season's form signals ahead of the Malaysian round.

Danny McBride, the American actor and writer, is speaking publicly about his first novel, describing his move into fiction alongside stories of ghostly encounters and his roots in North Carolina. Readers are picking up on the interview as word spreads about the actor's unexpected turn to book writing and the supernatural anecdotes he shared during the conversation.

A new review of 'Theatre Hauntings: West End Ghouls' (2026) has been published by the horror review site My Bloody Reviews. The piece assesses the production, which appears to be a ghost-themed show connected to London's West End theatre scene. Beyond the review itself, no further details about the production, its creators, or audience reaction are currently available.

The advocacy group MediaJustice hosted a screening of the documentary 'Ghost in the Machine' in Oakland, using the event to spotlight its campaign around artificial intelligence governance. The organization argues communities of color bear the brunt of unregulated surveillance and algorithmic systems, and it is pushing for stronger local and national oversight of AI technologies.

French tech outlet Les Numériques looks at the wave of projects reviving the web's lost corners, from 56k.rip to online 'cemeteries' of defunct sites. The piece argues the internet tirelessly brings its ghosts back to life, driven by a broad mood of nostalgia for the early web, dial-up era aesthetics and abandoned platforms.

As part of an annual Halloween blogging series, a writer has published a piece on the 2011 found-footage horror film Grave Encounters and its ties to the ghost-hunting series Ghost Adventures, laying out mixed feelings about both the film and the franchise it draws on. The essay appears as part of the seasonal countdown running through October.

Scientists are working to digitize centuries of botanical records documenting Africa's 'ghost plants' — species collected long ago whose histories survive only in herbaria and archives. By converting these historical specimens and notes into digital databases, researchers aim to make Africa's botanical heritage accessible worldwide and support modern studies of biodiversity, conservation and climate change across the continent.

New research suggests neutrinos, often called ghost particles because they pass through matter almost unnoticed, may play a decisive role in whether a massive dying star detonates as a supernova or collapses directly into a black hole. Scientists studying stellar collapse say the behaviour of these elusive particles during the core's final moments could tip the balance between explosion and total gravitational collapse.

New coverage highlights a boss fight in the Ghost of Yotei downloadable content that pits players against giant, aggressive bears, with the encounter being called the DLC's best. The piece focuses on the fight's design and difficulty, drawing attention to the creature combat in the expansion of the open-world samurai game.