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?
These drugs can improve the brain’s plasticity, which includes its ability to repair itself from damage caused by things like stress or trauma (but we wouldn't advise trying this at home).
The extraordinary discovery is proof that frogs were occupying tropical rainforests at least 100 million years ago.
It has scary implications when it comes to privacy, as invisible radio signals are everywhere.
We’re quickly driving the climate over the guard rails that have allowed humanity to flourish.
Ever looked at a picture of the supercontinent Pangea and wondered where your current address would have been 250 million years ago? A new interactive map provides this very service.
New research shows that even our ancestors in the Bronze Age changed the chemistry of the soils they farmed over 2,000 years ago.
Instead of looking for megastructures and spaceships, we should consider something a bit more obvious.
Diamonds may be rare and precious on Earth, but in the context of the cosmos, they’re remarkably abundant.
Jason, whose amber coffin was found in Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar, is now the oldest known member of the featherwing beetle lineage.
A test developed by scientists in the UK and US might someday be able to pinpoint the men most likely to get prostate cancer.
A massive dust storm on Mars has forced NASA to temporarily suspend operations of its Opportunity rover.
Replace 30% of the natural gas with hydrogen to cut consumption without any compatibility issues.
Dating back a whopping 550 million years and found in a limestone bed in China, these ancient prints were made by an unknown sea creature.
These unknown objects survived a close encounter with a black hole, but what exactly are they?
Pluto’s most famous visitor, the New Horizons spacecraft, has woken up after 165 days of hibernation.
The reason Hurricane Harvey was so bad? It got stuck.
