Cygnus is the Cutest of the Space Station Cargo Craft
It's like the Mickey Mouse of outer space.
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 like the Mickey Mouse of outer space.
We take a closer look at what happened thirty years ago, when the Challenger met its fate.
You'd better never bother with me ol' bamboo.
Got a rocket you can launch, land safely, and launch again? Maybe stuck in the shed gathering dust? NASA needs you.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has meanwhile announced an emergency session to address the “explosive spread” of the disease.
A gorgeous photo released today reveals the secret of an enormous robotic arm used to place the mirror segments to within a paper’s width of perfection.
And of course it looks absolutely stunning while doing it in this latest sand dune selfie.
Babylonian astronomers tracked the motion of planets using simple arithmetic. But a newly translated text reveals that these ancient stargazers also used a far more advanced method.
All these rich greens usually hint at vegetation, but what's pictured is an arid, salty Chinese land almost totally inhospitable to plants. Instead, those are the markers of a brine rich in minerals, concentrated as the water evaporates. Read more >>
He's at it again.
Demonstrate wall-grabbing and climbing tech for the common man.
It's all revolves around electrical charge swirling in a vortex.
Who needs metal when you’re surrounded by water?
‘Image enhance’ just got a little more real, for microscopes at least.
How can science fiction help predict the future? Read More >>
Schizophrenia is a complex disease with elusive origins, but the mystery became much clearer today.
