Why Don’t Humans Have as Much Hair as Other Primates?
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.
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?
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 >>
Science should be an unceasing, ever-sceptical search for knowledge, so it’s not often that scientists can call it a day.
I’m now sitting here trying and failing to think of a cooler desk ornament than a bona-fide velociraptor claw.
The male body keeps the count high with an assembly-line anatomy that scales up sperm development from a trickle to a flood.
Cancer-curing Cylon baby blood may still be a fantasy, but within the next two years the NHS has announced that two human volunteers will be receiving the very first blood transplants manufactured in a lab.
It’s simple to make at home and customise it to your own taste, giving you the perfect balance of sweet, sour boozeroo.
This autonomously controlled bot is designed to float on the underside of ice sheets, rolling itself around on wheels, snapping photos and collecting data.
Spoilers: No, it did not survive.
This is the tech that will make wearables as invasive as the humble plaster.
The Age of Exploration brought a hell of a lot of new plants and animals to describe. That was heaven for Carl Linnaeus, a young Swedish doctor with a passion for plants.
So, that Internet apocalypse that’s going to befall us when the our fibre optic cables max out? Maybe not so much.
