We've Been Completely Wrong About How Cats Get Their Black-and-White Spots
Turns out, it’s all just random.
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?
Turns out, it’s all just random.
Medical professionals have long dreamed of an ideal drug delivery system, so why jot just use tiny little cannons?
It could be manipulating microwaves one day, but right now, it’s just incredibly cool.
A set of Texan triplets raises some interesting questions about the chances of identical siblings.
Just as Lumosity was ordered to pay out £1.36 million for lying about the benefits of 'brain training', a team of Israeli scientists announced 'emotion training' might be possible.
This newly discovered species of worm doesn't come in five distinct types, instead its one type of worm whose mouth morphs into five different shapes.Read More >>
Mutated viruses have long been the bogeyman of science fiction films, but in the case of Ebola, mutation could be its downfall.
This crazy stunt involving a man falling tied to a loose rope is a great way to show how physics work. Read More >>
Created by Nathan Yau from Flowing Data, the interactive visualisation shows how cause of death across 20 different categories varies according to age, gender and race.
Given the insane amount of science-related news that makes the rounds on a daily basis, it’s not immediately clear which science-y tidbits are the ones we should be focused on. This will help.
It’s a promising medical breakthrough that could help us treat Duchenne muscular dustrophy.
And yet it turns out to be surprisingly common.
Perhaps, the premise suggests, we only think we have free will when making a choice.
New research shows how bacteria use their flagella to run and tumble their way through a gooey medium.
Between competing government space agencies, commercial enterprises, humans, and robots, we have one very odd space race going on.
Another amazing year of science has been and gone, so it’s time to look ahead and see what the this year has in store.
