Rembrandt Probably Traced His Self-Portraits With Mirrors and Lenses
It's time to brush up on a longstanding debate about the use of optical aids by Renaissance artists.
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?
It's time to brush up on a longstanding debate about the use of optical aids by Renaissance artists.
Futurama is packed full of references to maths and science, which it still manages to make hilarious. This great video looks into how and why the – very clever – shows writing staff made it happen. See more >>
Let’s just say it would be a coincidence of cosmic proportions.
The massive loss occurred over a three-year period and is continuing apace.
Watch as a 17-metre-long arm snatches Elon Musk's capsule into the orbiting space station.
This is going to look cool.
If your life has felt like a hot mess this year, you’re not alone.
Scientists are trying to figure out how a man in Utah got Zika when the state has no infected mosquitoes and he didn’t have sex with the infected person he was helping.
By studying subtle shifts in weather patterns on Venus, scientists have learned that these clouds also offer important clues as to what lies on the surface. Read More >>
When shocked using electricity, the muscle helps the hybrid crawl forward – slowly.
The stars are there, you just can’t see them, and the reason why is the rings themselves.
It is as if we have invented the atomic scale printing press.
Knuckleballs – think "bend it like Beckham" – are mostly associated with baseball in the United States, but this devilishly unpredictable ball motion also shows up in football, cricket, and volleyball. Yet it’s never seen in other sports like squash, basketball, and table tennis. A team of French scientists think they’ve finally figured out why. Read more >>
The St. Lucie is no stranger to algae, but this summer’s slime is fouler and more widespread than anything locals have ever seen.
Our world is full of glowing objects that awe us even into adulthood, and their existence is easily explained.
This is what the sun looks like when your spacecraft suddenly does a backflip. Read More >>
