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 may eventually prove too warm for some native species, but the bigger issue will be whether new and currently “non-native” species will arrive that are stronger competitors than the native organisms.
A new chameleon-inspired “e-skin” that changes colour the longer and harder you press on it could help engineers design wearables, prosthetics, and robots that are better at sensing pressure and temperature. Read More >>
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed's Sunday night science project is being viewed as a potential terrorist threat.
Queen of Night tulips are known for their ultra-deep purple hue, with a touch of shimmer to enhance the jewel tones, but they don’t get that striking colour from the usual pigment molecules. Read More >>
This is a transistor, but not as you know it. Instead of acting as a tiny switch to control the flow of electrons, this devices controls the flow of living cells.
The advance could help see microscopic objects like molecules with more clarity than ever.
Here’s a crazy rigged contraption that uses microwave energy from cavity magnetron to generate plasma and burn the heck out of things faster than you can warm a toastie. Read More >>
Is this thing on?
Not quite perpetual motion but undeniably perpetual coolness.
A new generation of meta-materials are emerging from a 17th century source. That’s the gist of a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, where a trio of engineers describe an entirely new form of origami that they say turns a simple piece of paper into a structure more than two orders of magnitude stronger than itself. Read more >>
Using the 'clock', scientists across a range of biological disciplines can decipher fascinating stories written in the genes of living organisms.
The guys in white suits are racing to genetically engineer weed's active ingredient and it's high time for a breakthrough.
The incredibly rare event is only now being fully understood.
It's that fleshy skull computer of yours tricking you into loving the sensation, according to new research from University College London.
If it goes wrong, hospital administrators will have the doctor's head on a plate.
Scientists are fighting the way in which the virus can evolve to escape the clutches of specialised treatments.
