Secret Molecular Barcodes Could Be Used to Fight Counterfeits
You might think of it as a highly simplified version of DNA, another molecule that is very, very good at storing information.
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?
You might think of it as a highly simplified version of DNA, another molecule that is very, very good at storing information.
Europe has very keen on replacing coal with more environmentally friendly wood pellets—except, well, depending on who you ask, wood may not be that great either.
VirScan, if it’s perfected for routine use, could be used to look for common factors in mysterious illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome
To celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8th, Google has released a bunch of gorgeous new images of ocean life as part of its Street View feature in Maps.
Separating liquid in space is a big deal: to re-use clean water, primarily, but it could be applied to cooling fluids, fuel and others, too.
Helpfully, he provided drawings, too...
Prepare to die! (Statistically. Maybe.)
The wider universe has a quite few tricks up its collective sleeve to wipe us from the map, so that mad bloke on Oxford St with the sandwich board is actually right - doom is nigh!
This is no pasta-based apres-flood prank.
Tri Alpha Energy does not have a website. Its office in California is unmarked. But this stealth company apparently has hundreds of millions in cash. And now it has something to show for it.
For a long time, the only two things that have really separated humans from apes is our ability to make fire and and our propensity towards chips. Turns out that chimpanzees likely possess both these qualities as well.
Millions of problems are addressed by the field of metaheuristics, which is about developing algorithms that help you come up with the best possible answer in any situation where there are a large number of possible solutions.
Smarter Every Day and Veritasium, two of the best science channels on YouTube, have teamed up to answer once and for all: Does water really flow the other way in the southern hemisphere? Read More >>
It’s a boon for science. No word, however, on how much the seals like their new head accessories.
Surgeons say they have performed the first transplant using a ‘dead’ heart. Could this fill the deficit of donor hearts?
Science requires the stripping away of all variability, until you have just a single, isolated behaviour to test. But in real life, nothing happens in isolation.
