Science Semen Smugglers, Spreadsheets, and Laughing to Death: Best Gizmodo Stories of the WeekGizmodo - Tom McKay It’s been a weird one this week at Gizmodo, folks: From hacking buttplugs and realizing our dog photos have personally identifiable information in …
Glaciers Icelanders Mourn Loss of Okjökull Glacier With Ceremony, PlaqueGizmodo - Tom McKay Politicians, scientists, and others gathered in Borgarfjörður, Iceland, northeast of Reykjavik on Sunday to mourn the loss of the Okjökull glacier, …
Portugal Portugal Is Using Goats to Prepare for Wildfires, But There's Not Enough ShepherdsGizmodo - Tom McKay Portugal, which has been ravaged by wildfires of increasing severity and duration in the era of climate change, is turning back to the goat to clear …
Science A Woman Lived with a 'Twin' Inside Her for 17 Years Without KnowingGizmodo - Ed Cara A young woman in India unknowingly lived with one of the rarest and most unsettling medical conditions for nearly two decades, her doctors say. …
Photons Physicists Entangled Photons in the Lab With Photons From the SunGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum In a classic physics experiment, scientists set up quantum entanglement between sunlight and light generated here on Earth. The researchers in China, …
Vaping Dozens of People in Multiple States Have Lung Disease Linked to Vaping, and No One Knows WhyGizmodo - Ed Cara The number of people afflicted and hospitalized with serious lung disease connected to vaping continues to grow. This week, multiple states reported …
Supernovae This Enormous Supernova Was Unlike Anything Seen BeforeGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Astronomers have observed a supernova unlike any ever observed before, and it might be strong evidence of an important kind of stellar death that …
FDA The FDA Is Previewing Some Grisly New Cigarette WarningsGizmodo - Ed Cara The federal government wants to scare the living hell out of you—at least if you’re thinking about smoking. This week, the Food and Drug …
Geek A Baby Planet Might Have Smashed Right Into Young JupiterGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jupiter’s core seems off, astronomers think, in a way explainable by an ancient collision with another enormous body, perhaps one 10 times the mass …
Science 50-Year Chemistry Mystery Solved by Wild New Carbon RingGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Some precision chemistry performed atop a slice of table salt has given researchers unprecedented views of a controversial form of carbon. Scientists …
Science Scientists Say They've Found a New Organ in Skin That Processes PainGizmodo - Ed Cara It’s not common that researchers discover what could be an entirely new part of the human body. But a team in Sweden claims to have uncovered an …
Geek These Robotic Shorts Make Walking and Running EasierGizmodo - Ed Cara Exosuits—wearable robotic technologies that enhance our physical abilities—are slowly but steadily leaving the world of comic books and becoming a …
Vaccines Scientists Have Created a Vaccine for Cat Allergies, but You Can't Have It YetGizmodo - Ed Cara People unjustly kept away from feline companionship due to an allergy are rejoicing this week, after news resurfaced of a potential vaccine that …
Air Pollution Even Low Levels of Air Pollution Can Damage Your Lungs as Much as Smoking a Pack a DayGizmodo - Yessenia Funes Breathing polluted air could impact a person’s health just as much as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. That’s according to a study published …
New Zealand Nah or Aww? Human-Size Penguins Once Waddled Across New ZealandGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum A fossil discovery has added another entry to the list of comically large New Zealand birds: a 5-foot-tall penguin. Just last week, we reported that …
Juul Report: Juul's Meaningless Attempts at Self-Regulation Just Led to Explosion in Knockoff Juul PodsGizmodo - Tom McKay Juul pulled almost all of its flavored nicotine pods other than menthol and mint off the market last year under pressure from the Food and Drug …
Vaccines A Chlamydia Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Human TrialGizmodo - Ed Cara A vaccine for the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection in the U.S.—the bacterial disease chlamydia—is now a substantial step closer …
Rosetta Mission Astrophotographer Discovers a Tiny 'Churymoon' Around Famous CometGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum An astrophotographer has spotted what looks to be a moon orbiting the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the target of the European Space Agency’s …
Mosquitoes Massachusetts Man Reportedly In a Coma After Contracting Brain Infection From a MosquitoGizmodo - Ed Cara A rare, sometimes fatal viral infection spread by mosquitoes has resurfaced in Massachusetts—and has likely sent at least one man into a coma. Over …
Science Preliminary Data Shows Two New Ebola Drugs Dramatically Decrease Mortality RatesGizmodo - Tom McKay Two new clinical treatments for the infamous Ebola virus may result in it becoming a “preventable and treatable” disease, the BBC reported on Monday, …
Science A Man's Dentures Got Stuck in His Throat During Surgery, Leaving Him Bleeding for WeeksGizmodo - Ed Cara Here’s a story that’ll haunt you into your golden years. Doctors say their elderly patient endured a nightmarish week of his throat bleeding out and …
Algae A Dangerous Algae Is Killing Our Dogs—and Climate Change Is Going to Make It WorseGizmodo - Ed Cara A pair of tragic stories reported this past weekend are raising awareness of a threat to both people and animals in the water: algae. At least four …
Black Holes Astronomers Spot Unprecedented Flashes From Our Galaxy's Black HoleGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum An attempt to prove Einstein’s hallmark theory of gravity revealed something even freakier: an unprecedented flash from the black hole at the center …
Science Is Cleaning Your Ears With Cotton Swabs Really That Dangerous?Gizmodo - Ed Cara A real-life horror tale that’s gotten renewed media attention this week is sure to make you think twice about digging earwax out of your ears. An …
Perseids How to Watch the Peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower TonightGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum One of the year’s best meteor showers peaks tonight into tomorrow and Wednesday, which means it’s a great opportunity to wake up early, find a dark …
Science Russian Nuclear Agency Rosatom Confirms Radiation Leak Following Rocket Engine TestGizmodo - Tom McKay Russian nuclear agency Rosatom admitted late on Friday that a suspicious cloud of radiation that spread over the Arkhangelsk region was caused by an …
Dark Matter This Theory Could Breathe New Life Into the Hunt for Dark MatterGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Physicists don’t know where most of the universe’s apparent mass has gone, and attempts to find it have so far failed. But a proposed particle born …
Science This Rock Shelter in Ethiopia May Be the Earliest Evidence of Humans Living in the MountainsGizmodo - George Dvorsky Archaeologists working in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia have uncovered the earliest evidence to date of human habitation in a high-altitude …
Science A Woman's Vaginal Steaming Left Her with Second-Degree BurnsGizmodo - Ed Cara A 62-year-old Canadian woman ended up with painful second-degree burns on her genitals after she attempted an at-home vaginal steaming, according to …
