Herpes Viruses Linked to Alzheimer's Disease in New Brain Research
There’s no shortage of questions about how all these factors work together to cause a disease.
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?
There’s no shortage of questions about how all these factors work together to cause a disease.
Ötzi the Iceman is the gift that keeps on giving.
During her 46 years, Koko forever changed our conceptions of primate intelligence and emotional capacities.
With yet another Jurassic Park film out in cinemas, it’s the perfect time for busybody scientists to shatter our conceptions of how dinosaurs looked and acted.
Apparently neither the Rebels nor the Empire in Star Wars know the first thing about properly designing flying vehicles.
"By adding in different sensations, we can continue to improve upper limb prostheses to make them even more functional and lifelike."
Fortunately, the woman was able to gradually recuperate with the help of physical therapy.
Capes are crucial when it comes to flying around town to fight crime and brood and whatnot, yet we still don’t know how exactly the physics of capes facilitate this process.
For years scientists have been looking for baryons, particles made from quarks that make up the nuclei inside of atoms. Now they may have found the true source of the missing stuff.
Perhaps these apps will someday be in a usable-enough state that you can help physicists do some really cool science.
I hope you’re ready for some awkward teenage black holes.
The more scientists observe it, the more surprises the second planet from the Sun throws at us.
Meet DeepCube, an artificially intelligent system that’s as good at playing the Rubik’s Cube as the best human master solvers.
Experiment and theory have demonstrated a quirky nature to the most basic form of matter.
“It’s not as good as being there, but it’s the next best thing!”
Kids as young as nine can be at risk of hearing loss from an unexpected source.
