How NASA Engineers are Designing the Aerodynamics of Its New Heavy-Lift Launcher
The new system will be the first to carry astronauts into low orbit since the Saturn V, but it will also carry 10% more cargo. That's a lot of maths to work out.
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 new system will be the first to carry astronauts into low orbit since the Saturn V, but it will also carry 10% more cargo. That's a lot of maths to work out.
Chocolatiers use yeasts to ferment cocoa to guard against bad-tasting batches, and those yeasts can be used to alter the aroma of the final product.
Stellar objects, like this red dwarf spewing powerful solar flares into space, are fairly common. That means the galaxy might be less habitable than we previously thought.
For the first time ever, scientists have documented the elaborate tap dancing courtship displays of cordon-bleu songbirds as they execute their rapid-fire steps in as little as 20 milliseconds. Read More >>
A structure-specialist takes it to poor movie-production, while praising Final Destination V (someone had to!).
But don’t go pointing your laser pointer at a can of coke, hoping to instantaneously chill it.
An exploration of the planets beyond our solar system, similar enough to the Earth, that they could actually be habitable by us weak, fleshy humans.
Meet U-2's beautiful sister (nothing to do with Bono, promise).
Don’t panic (you should probably panic).
The winners of Royal Society Publishing’s inaugural photography competition have been announced, and they’re extraordinary – chosen from over a thousand entries, the images are judged by a team consisting of RSP scientists, editors, and photographers. The award celebrates “the power of photography to communicate science". See more >>
The idea is to “do for particle accelerators what the microchip industry did for computers".
Great news for those who lose their voice through illness, injury or invasive surgery.
This massive chunk of sparkly carbon was found this week in a mine in north-central Botswana. It is the largest diamond to be discovered in over a century, weighing in at just under a quarter of a kilo. Read more >>
How do flies determine their escape paths? Scientists have answered this question by watching a wingless fly trying to take off.
Brittle Stars are organisms that look like starfish, but have tentacles. They're dubbed 'brittle' because they're so delicate we can't see what's inside without destroying the sample. Until now. Read More >>
Microscopic parasite myxozoa essentially show evolution working reverse.
