Zuckerberg, Gates and Bezos Launch Massive Clean Energy Fund
The Breakthrough Energy Coalition will “invest in ideas that have the potential to transform the way we all produce and consume energy”.
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?
The Breakthrough Energy Coalition will “invest in ideas that have the potential to transform the way we all produce and consume energy”.
It took six years and 720,000 exposures, but Scottish wildlife photographer Alan McFayden finally got his bird. He captured this stunning image of a female kingfisher in a rare mid-dive, perfectly mirrored in the water below. See the whole image >>
Geologists are stumped.
The modern piano evolved rapidly in the first 150 years after its invention, but it is now so good that it probably won’t change much more in the future.
An MIT neuroscientist captured this stunning MRI image of herself and her child, creating an emotionally striking yet abstract work of art. Read More >>
Science and interpretive dance met once again this year.
The interior of a Cambridge chapel comes alive with light in an eye-popping immersive project art installation. It's a glorious ode to knowledge. Read More >>
The ways of evolution are oft mysterious, but there is a method to the madness.
The ultra-strong, highly conductive carbon lattice is extraordinarily good at detecting faint and high frequency sound waves.
Tropical forest are large, complex and easy to get lost in—which isn’t helpful if you’re trying to study them.
Over at Bird and Moon, naturalist Rosemary Mosco has created a small booklist of field guides that will never exist. But we wish they did!
The five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope in Pingtang County, China is about to claim the title of the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. It's also shaped like a giant puzzle. Read More >>
What do you do when you are left with half a crisp in your hand after dipping? Admit it, you’ve wondered whether it’s ok.
Urine gets in, but it can’t get back out.
Expect the nascent technique to be on CSI by next week.
Albert Einstein's famous general theory of relativity turned 100 years old this week. Who better to give you a glimpse into what the theory is all about than a Time Lord — the Tenth Doctor himself, who voices this fun animation. See more >>
