GizmodoScience Scientists Debut Precise New Gene-Editing Technique That Overcomes Some of CRISPR's ProblemsGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Scientists have created a new gene-editing technique that overcomes some of the biggest drawbacks of the popular gene-editing tool CRISPR. Gene …
GizmodoScience These Rat-Eating Monkeys Are a Surprisingly Effective Form of Pest ControlGizmodo - George Dvorsky Pig-tailed macaques in Malaysia love to visit oil palm plantations, where they snack on abundantly available fruit. Despite the damage inflicted on …
GizmodoScience Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Synthetic meat products might come even closer to the texture of slaughtered meats with the help of what are essentially modified cotton candy …
GizmodoScience Uh... The Army Just Contracted With Tom DeLonge's UFO Group to Study Those 'Alien Alloys'Gizmodo - Tom McKay To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences (TTSA)—the UFO research organization founded by former Blink 182 star Tom DeLonge—has struck a research …
GizmodoAsbestos Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder Over Possible Asbestos ContaminationGizmodo - Ed Cara Johnson & Johnson announced a voluntary recall of its talc-based baby powder products on Friday, after the Food and Drug Administration found traces …
GizmodoGeek Cosmic Rays May Have Blasted Gigantic Sand Dunes Into Existence on Saturn's Moon TitanGizmodo - George Dvorsky The equatorial dunes on Saturn’s moon Titan are among the most dramatic surface features in the Solar System, but scientists aren’t exactly sure how …
GizmodoPandemic We're Not Ready for the Next PandemicGizmodo - Ed Cara If the seeds of a pandemic illness were planted tomorrow, how would the world fare? Well, according to a simulation carried out on Friday by Johns …
GizmodoWhaling A New Study Paints Bright Future for Humpback Whales But With Serious CaveatsGizmodo - Yessenia Funes People used to love killing whales. So much killing happened, in fact, that many whale species are nearing extinction. The western South Atlantic …
GizmodoWhales Scientists Can Now See Stranded Whales From SpaceGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Scientists have begun using satellites that can produce high-resolution imagery to monitor whale strandings from space, according to a new study. Back …
GizmodoScience Dormant for 500 Years, a Potentially Deadly Fault in California Has Started to MoveGizmodo - George Dvorsky This past summer, southern California experienced a significant earthquake swarm. Analysis of the event suggests earthquakes unravel in a more …
GizmodoAsthma Fat Can Build Up in the Lungs, Study Finds, Which May Explain Obesity-Asthma LinkGizmodo - Ed Cara For people living with obesity and excess weight, fat around the belly may not be the only thing to worry about. A new study out Thursday seems to …
GizmodoScience (India) New Satellite Pics Show Curiosity and InSight Hard at Work on MarsGizmodo - George Dvorsky New images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are providing fresh views of NASA’s Insight lander and Curiosity rover on the Martian surface. The …
GizmodoScience Blue Light from LEDs Can Rot the Brains of Fruit Flies, Study FindsGizmodo - Ed Cara The blue light that emanates from every smartphone and fluorescent bulb isn’t thought to be great for our health, particularly the health of our …
GizmodoGeek First All-Women Spacewalk Scheduled for Tomorrow MorningGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum NASA has rescheduled its first all-women spacewalk for this Friday. The milestone was initially scheduled for this past spring, but spacesuit troubles …
GizmodoEvolution Modern Humans Inherited Even More DNA from Neanderthals and Denisovans Than We ThoughtGizmodo - George Dvorsky A comprehensive analysis of DNA from modern Melanesian people suggests an assortment of mutated genes inherited from extinct Neanderthals and …
GizmodoGeek Do Not Fear the Brainless Blob MonsterGizmodo - Tom McKay Hey, you! Yeah, you all in the ceremonial robes about to perform a sacrifice in the name of the Almighty Blob! Stop it right now! Also, you over …
GizmodoBell Canada Ancient Assyrian Tablets Seem to Contain References to a Massive Solar StormGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Scientists report that they may have found the earliest written record of a solar storm in ancient Assyrian tablets. Recent analyses have found …
GizmodoEnvironment Creatures of the Deep Are Feeding on a Whale Carcass and You Can Watch It LiveGizmodo - George Dvorsky Marine scientists aboard the E/V Nautilus, a research vessel that prowls the high seas in search of oceanic discoveries, have stumbled upon the rare …
GizmodoScience Democrat and Republican Voters Agree: Schools Need to Teach Sex EdGizmodo - Ed Cara Americans can apparently agree on at least one thing: Kids in school deserve good sex education. According to a study published in the journal Sex …
GizmodoClimate Fighting Climate Change Is Key to Preventing Future Ebola Epidemics, Study FindsGizmodo - Yessenia Funes A new study outlines the way climate change will impact the spread of Ebola, an extremely dangerous virus that killed more than 11,000 in West Africa …
GizmodoGeek Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains to Study What Makes Us HumanGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Researchers are growing human, ape, and monkey brain tissue in the lab in order to understand what makes us different. Human brains are clearly …
GizmodoScience NASA's Plan to Rescue InSight’s Stuck Heat Probe Appears to Be WorkingGizmodo - George Dvorsky After being stuck for months, the InSight lander’s heat probe has managed to dig down a few centimeters into the Martian dirt. It’s a positive sign …
GizmodoLego Lego's New Dinosaur Fossils Turn Your Desk Into a Miniature Natural History MuseumGizmodo - Andrew Liszewski You can claim to be interested in historical artifacts like pottery, suits of armor, and maybe even a mummy, but the most compelling reason to visit …
GizmodoGeek The Voyager Missions Saw a 'Tsunami' of Solar Activity Sending a Pressure Pulse Into Interstellar SpaceGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum The Voyagers 1 and 2 spacecraft measured the Sun sending a pulse like a “tsunami” into the interstellar medium, according to a new paper. The pulse, …
GizmodoSpace What Are We Going to Do With All This Space Junk?Gizmodo - JoAnna Wendel and Kate Wheeling JoAnna Wendel is a science cartoonist and writer in Washington, DC. She loves space, planets, rocks, and her cat, Pancake. You can find her work at …
GizmodoScience Aerial Laser Scans Uncover Hidden Early Capital of the Khmer EmpireGizmodo - George Dvorsky Archaeologists in Cambodia have used jungle-penetrating laser to confirm the location and layout of an ancient capital city associated with the early …
GizmodoExtinction Rebellion In Unprecedented Move, London Police Ban Extinction Rebellion Climate Protests Throughout Entire CityGizmodo - Tom McKay Protests by climate activist group Extinction Rebellion has continued to roil cities around the world, including London. And after shutting down …
GizmodoAlgae Toxic Algae Blooms Really Have Become More Intense, Study FindsGizmodo - Ed Cara A new study out Monday seems to confirm an unpleasant reality: Potentially toxic algae blooms in the world’s freshwater lakes have become more …
GizmodoGeek Scientists Discover Hidden Information in 140-Year-Old Fundamental Physics ConceptGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Physicists have uncovered a way to access physical information that had been hidden to science for 140 years, according to a recent paper. Back in …
