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?
Have you ever found yourself staring at Facebook, blinking in disbelief because you can’t quite fathom why something is so popular? Well you might just be victim of a network quirk.
If we can work out lighting for lettuce leaves then the cosmic space menu could soon be our oyster.
If you know, you're doing better than the world's current space scientists.
They're called Fairy Lights, but you won't be putting them on your Christmas tree anytime soon.
The hunk of rock that is 67P is a more complicated beast than anyone first thought.
We climb aboard with a couple of aircraft experts to break down just how real threats from turbulence are. Or more accurately, aren’t.
Tuesday's ever-so-slightly-longer day explained, by British YouTuber Tom Scott.
Using what are called colloid cells, doctors can create incredibly powerful chips that can, for instance, analyse a drop of blood in a second in phenomenal detail.
Shown in a nifty 360-degree video, presented by eccentric Scottish astronomer, Scott Manley.
Who knew flu could cause a snafu down in men's precious two?
Although there is no definitive account of why we lost our body hair when every other primate is covered with the stuff, there are a handful of compelling theories.
You’ve probably seen frogs made to float and maybe even trains hovering above their rails. But now scientists have gained enough subtle control over such forces that they can be used to levitate single cells, too.
As inquisitive beings, we are constantly questioning and quantifying the speed of various things. But what about the speed of thought? It’s a challenging question that’s not easily answerable – but we can give it a shot.
Here's what we know, and still don’t know, about this troubling childhood heart condition.
The program is chucking up some funny results as it is still finding its nipple-hunting feet.
You’re looking at a perovskite. Not an Eastern European bird of prey, nor an exotic toy to play with in the wind, but a potential future of solar power. Read more >>
