While the bread and butter of Gizmodo UK is in the bits and bytes of technology, we have a lot of fun in the off-topic areas, with many of the stories being filed in the WTF category. Bookmark this page for the sillier stories, from ridiculous examples of body-art, to... sausages made of skittles?
Plants employ a wide variety of tactics to lure pollinators, but an ornamental plant popularly known as Giant Ceropegia takes it to another level.
Thirteen plants were strewn across the body, as a form of burial shroud.
Adding liquid metal to a booming speaker gives birth to some strange new alien worlds. Read More >>
Tormenting single-celled organisms has never been so much fun.
It’s extremely unlikely anyone will ever live beyond 122. That is, unless we science the shit out of this problem.
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found evidence of a “wandering” black hole on the outskirts of a distant galaxy.
A new medical breakthrough could have major implications for thousands of US women without a uterus.
It works for otters, so researchers think it could work for people as well.
Striking maps show the devastation of Italy's huge earthquake. Read More >>
These gadgets measure just a thousandth of a human hair in width, and they’re poised to revolutionise the world.
Interspersed alongside these reefs are thick green “meadows”, home to dozens of species of never-before-described lifeforms.
The intrepid rover took the opportunity to snap a selfie as it proudly stood in front of some rather dramatic Martian features.
Showing how lavish and colourful these structures truly were before they were destroyed by a catastrophic volcanic eruption.
A pair of elms from a species thought extinct for 50 years have been hanging out in Holyroodhouse this whole time.
The US National Hurricane Center’s latest bulletin calls Matthew “life threatening,” and forecasters are making dire predictions about the how much damage Caribbean nations might suffer.
