Why on Earth Are Saturn’s Rings Crossing Each Other?
If this feels like an optical illusion, your Saturn sense is dead on. The gas giant’s rings don’t crisscross at 90 degree angles. Read More >>
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?
If this feels like an optical illusion, your Saturn sense is dead on. The gas giant’s rings don’t crisscross at 90 degree angles. Read More >>
Just because the word nuclear is in play doesn't mean it's a ticking timebomb.
We’ve been trying to figure out how they do it for years, and now, scientists have uncovered evidence that memory is involved.
Humans carbon emissions causing widespread 'greening' might sound like a positive outcome, but it has pretty dire consequences for life on Earth.
As Wikipedia's community has evolved over time, it has wandered further and further from its early egalitarian ideals, according to the journal Future Internet.
Research has found that bed bugs hate certain colours, which means you can now know how to paint your bedroom. Time to brandish a paintbrush?
It could be a cosmic coincidence — but some astronomers suspect there are larger forces at play.
It’s been thirty years since the Chernobyl disaster and radiation levels in plants seemed to have died down. So why are levels of radiation in milk still peaking?
Water’s just plain old water, right? Not when you trap it inside a tiny channel, it seems.
Three of the world’s most troubling crop diseases were just hit with three new disease-resistant crops varieties, thanks to genetic modification.
So why do wind turbines have three blades? Read More >>
An ancient song repertory lost since the 11th century has been reconstructed by researchers from the University of Cambridge.
Once it's done with it, CERN feels that the general public can get just as much use and knowledge out of it.
These incredible visualisations of the universe are fantastic for making you feel as small as an ant. Read More >>
Most human beings would be in a black mood after spending 24 hours awake, strapped to a chair, and concentrating hard so as not to die. Not Bertrand Piccard.
And it’s home to some truly bizarre life forms.
