Build an Incredibly Simple Electric Toy Car With Just a Battery and Two Magnets
Elon Musk's early patents revealed.
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?
Elon Musk's early patents revealed.
Twenty per cent of US poll respondents claim to be "almost constantly" online. How does that tally with us Brits? Let's have a completely non-scientific chat about it here on Giz UK.
Strangest study you will come across this week,
While X-ray vision is science fiction, this clever detector tech is fascinating science fact.
This temp-tattoo-like tacky film is a collaboration project from the Uni of Warwick and pharmaceutical firm Medherant. It's chock full of ibuprofen, and is specially designed to stay attached to a user's skin, releasing the pain relieving drug over the course of 12 hours. Read more >>
It's actually in the Netherlands, and it’s also where the European Space Agency is rearing its robotic rovers.
Over £10bn worth of gold, silver, and jewellery has been found on the San Jose.
As we consider the ethics of human gene editing, we need to understand what can and can’t be meaningfully edited.
It's been 10 years since David Cameron won the leadership of the Conservative Party. In that time has Cameron been a friend to science and technology? Is the Prime Minister respectful of our civil liberties or does he want to spy on us? Looking at the matters closest to Gizmodo's heart, James O'Malley puts Cameron's leadership under the microscope. Read More >>
What do you know about the Knobe Effect?
Who need stars when you can star at spiders through your telescope instead? Bloody spiders. Read More >>
Mother Nature bringing Earth to its knees.
Bats are small, generally harmless to humans, but that doesn’t stop this air-to-leaf pounce from being kind of scary, though.
Ultrasound study offers clues, but hasn't cracked the case.
NASA scientists have captured a remarkable glimpse of a primordial compact galaxy that came into existence at a time when the Universe was exceptionally young, using the Hubble Space Telescope. Read More >>
Has Cameron been a friend to science and technology? Is the Prime Minister respectful of our civil liberties or does he want to spy on us? And does he like to throw the first punch? His ten years as Conservative leader, in review.
