An Opossum May One Day Save People From Deadly Snakebites
While many people hold the opossum in about as much esteem as a sewer rat, it turns out, we ought to be showing this particular urban trashivore a lil' more respect.
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?
While many people hold the opossum in about as much esteem as a sewer rat, it turns out, we ought to be showing this particular urban trashivore a lil' more respect.
Linden Gledhill is a photographer with a background in biochemistry, and he's been using his scientific training to make the microscopic world look absolutely breathtaking. Read More >>
The maximum extent of Arctic sea ice occurred early this year, and, at 5.61 million square miles, was the smallest in four decades.
The new anode outperforms graphite-based anodes currently on the market, with 15 per cent higher electrical storage capacity.
When water containing the organic molecule propylene glycol (PG) hits glass, it comes alive. In a manner of speaking.
Researchers at Aarhus University believe the secret to creating a quantum computer lies in understanding human cognition. So, they've built games to study us first.
Exploding stars are always a sight to behold, but not all supernovae are created equal: This one, for instance, gave birth to seven thousand Earth-like worlds. Read More >>
Quite literally, according to science.
You can literally order a nurse to come to your home with a specially formulated intravenous remedy from a company called the Hangover Club. And that's exactly what I did with my fancy tequila flu.
Does a dog need to have a certain look to behave in a certain way? Seeking some explanation for our present-day obsession with predictability, many are surprised to find the trail leads back to eugenics.
It's a number that's surprisingly low for a procedure that's being so heavily hyped by HR departments and fertility specialists alike.
Last time, they did the almost-impossible and found the Higgs Boson. This time, they might find something even more exciting.
These NASA employees may be lying down, but the experience isn't perhaps as relaxing as it looks.
It's springtime! But this year, as it's been for centuries before, spring is coming just a little bit later.
Dozens of human guinea pigs were signed up by Apple, without even being told what it was all for.
Engineer Robert Frost explains why the ISS isn't all shiny and symmetrical life spacecraft in Star Trek.
