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?
One problem that has been pointed out is that toxic wastewater is injected into wells that can leak and lubricate faults. We clearly need a better solution and that solution may involve satellite dishes.
It has not been built for consumers. There's no pink model; there will not be a thinner and lighter 2.0; and Nike is not sponsoring a limited edition line. There are no safety measures in place for rogue urinators.
Teflon has been a lifesaver (or at least a hand-saver) for home cooks for the last 50 years. But how do they get it to stick to the pan in the first place?
Once-thought-Impossible innovations are entering our world at an accelerating pace. From tricorders to tractor beams, science fiction's time is now (or soonish at least).
Rotten eggs, horse stable, formaldehyde and....almonds? Not the fragrance notes for Lynx's latest fragrance, surprisingly.
A new book suggests that humans' long, protracted childhoods could be the explanation for our species being inherently curious creatures.
Those afflicted are cut off from the surrounding environment to minimise the disease's spread. This is how the facility is kept locked down.
Five years after observing a solar storm emanating from a distant neutron star, one that sent magnetised flares out into space, scientists think they know what caused it.
Human vs birds vs insects. Even if you paid attention in GCSE biology, it's interesting to watch.
It's not something most people would stumble across. But it turns out that sugarcubes glow bright green in UV light when they've been dunked in liquid nitrogen.
Everyone wants to be better: more beautiful, more exciting, more intelligent, so the promise to train a better brain is alluring. Too bad there is zero science backing up the idea
An institute full of scientists has no idea what these things are. Can you give them a helping hand?
This diagram shows that all the planets in the Solar System can fit back to back into the distance from the Earth to the Moon — about 238,900 miles (384,400km) — with room to spare: 4,990 miles (8,030km).
Atheist-in-chief Richard Dawkins thinks we need to start planning our species' funeral.
Currently there are 35 blood groups that we know about, the most recent of which was discovered last year.
Take a sneak peek behind the science of Interstellar with this fantastic video published by Wired. [Potential spoilers ahead!]
