A groundbreaking survey of over 10 million star systems has failed to detect signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.
Ever since the covid-19 pandemic made its way around the world, the question of whether people would accept a potential vaccine has lingered over everything. First, there was the concern that the antivaxxer movement might dissuade people from taking a legitimate vaccine. More recently, the worry has been that U.S….
The crew of the Discovery made a terrible sacrifice at the end of season two, leaving their lives as they knew them behind and flinging the ship 930 years into the future, where the Federation is in some dire straits of its own (again). Now it seems it’s up to…
“Which global power will win the moral high ground for global internet security standards?,” asked nobody. But the US and China are locked in competition for the title nonetheless. Today, China served its own counter-proposal for the global internet, in what will predictably become a pointless, boring bit of geopolitical…
Apple nerds, mark your calendars. Apple’s annual spring iPhone event will be September 16 at 3 a.m. AEST. That means in a week, we’ll likely be getting the skinny on the iPhone 12 lineup, the Apple Watch Series 6, the iOS 14 release date, iPads, and maybe even some new…
I have never watched Game of Thrones, but I’m going to go ahead and assume it’s about what’s going on out American West right now.
Health products, like detox teas and mood-boosting waters, rely on a lack of neuroscientific knowledge to make their claims. Some of these claims are unsubstantiated, while others are completely made up. My doctoral research investigates visual processing, but when I look at the big picture, I realise that what I’m…
The temptation to use a supplied charger in a hotel or public place when you’re running critically low on power can be overwhelming. After all, nobody wants a flat phone. But you also probably don’t want your digital life or bank balance compromised either. So if you’re frequently using unknown…
Facebook has said it will ban news if proposed laws to regulate it go ahead but Australians say they’ll simply go straight to the source, according to a new poll. The poll, undertaken by research company Essential Vision, asked 1,076 Australians in an online survey their thoughts on a range…
Within days of COVID-19 being declared an international public health emergency on January 30, multiple groups of scientists began working on a vaccine. At the same time, governments began working on back-room deals to lock in their access to these vaccines ahead of anyone else. With “vaccine nationalism” increasingly becoming…
The International Olympic Committee wants the world to get something clear: It is not postponing the Olympic Games again. In fact, as uneasy as that sounds at the moment given that more than 27 million coronavirus cases have been reported worldwide, the IOC has said that the games will be…
In recent days, China has quietly launched a secret reusable spacecraft, left it in orbit for two days and safely landed it back on Earth. And although the spacecraft is top secret — we’re not even privy to its design — there are some things that China apparently wants the…
There are two types of designers. Those that enjoy the challenges of constraints, and those that loathe constraints. Automotive design is hard for the latter type, as there are tons of legal requirements for automobiles. You can’t really hide tail lights or reflectors when there is mandated minimum visibility. And…
Chaos Rising Is a Fascinating, Inscrutably Alien Look Into One of Star Wars’ Most Mysterious Species
Star Wars races, by and large, aren’t really all that alien. The ones that are tend to be there more for background flavour, because the races we do spend time with are either humans, or just human-ish enough that what little we learn about their cultures already feels familiar. But…
Welcome, friends, to what is becoming a recurring occasion where I just talk about silly Star Wars linguistics, apparently. Over the weekend, Lucasfilm story group member Matt Martin blew my mind with a shocking revelation: The Empire Strikes Back’s Tauntauns aren’t Tauntauns.
The ability to run id Software’s classic first-person-shooter has practically become a rite of passage for any gadget worth its salt. And while I’d like to say we can welcome electronic pregnancy tests into the hall of unlikely Doom consoles (right alongside ATMs, Nokia phones, and pianos) I’m afraid that,…
Unlike many mammals and birds, most reptiles show little sign of being caring parents. But our new research shows one lizard species may be more doting parents than we thought – the adults risking their own safety to protect their babies. We used cameras in the Snowy Mountains of New…
The Boys’ second season is on a weekly schedule this year, meaning you won’t be able to sit down and binge the lot. Here’s when every episode releases in Australia.
Is there anything vehicle lighting systems can’t do? If you think they can’t assist in saving the life of a child, then, buddy, boy are you wrong. And it’s not just me saying that: drivers in the remote town of Igugig, Alaska proved this a few days ago when they…
Old School nerds may remember a trick that let you watch the entire first Stars Wars film is ASCII via the command prompt. As it turns out, you can still do this even in Windows 10 and on modern Macs. Here’s how. This trick will play out the entirety of…
Check out all the release dates for every blockbuster film arriving in Australia between 2020 and 2021.
The World Wide Web is officially old enough for us judge what it’s produced. That’s right, it’s time for the world to start building a canon of the most significant websites of all time, and the Gizmodo staff has opinions.
After a monthslong investigation by the Pentagon, the U.S. Department of Defence said Friday that it’s sticking with Microsoft for its $US10 ($14) billion cloud computing contract. And Amazon is not happy.
As many incarcerated individuals are having their visiting privileges restricted due to the global pandemic, Telmate’s Getting Out app has become one of the only options that families separated by incarceration have to keep in touch. But according to research published today, hundreds of millions of intimate messages from many…
A drone over Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square dropped hundreds of bags of weed on Thursday, setting off a mad scramble by onlookers to stock up, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Pharmaceutical companies are aiming to assuage the public’s anxiety, ever inflamed by a selfish U.S. president, over the safety of coronavirus vaccines. To calm fears, big-name drug makers like Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna will sign a joint statement to demonstrate their commitment to safety and effectiveness.
We all know The Mandalorian was a VFX heavy show, relying on some really remarkable effects to build its world. But it’s another thing to see those effects come together to build something that feels real.
Facebook has made it no secret that it wants to entwine Instagram into its main blue app as much as possible (to some Instagram users’ chagrin.) Its latest experiment apparently involves putting Instagram stories directly on Facebook.
A week after the release of the latest chapter of Fortnite — which is not available on iOS or macOS because of the brawl between Epic Games and Apple — Epic Games is again asking the court to put its game back in the App Store. The developer claims it…
When you write about the climate crisis, getting hate mail comes with the territory. It shouldn’t, of course, but I’ve gotten used to it over the years. Mostly, I just brush off, though I’ll admit the occasional threats of bodily harm do get to me.
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular roundup of the best toys ruining our financial health this week. This time around we’ve got a very fancy Sorcerer Supreme, a fully articulated Witching machine, and more. Check it out!
I love a good teardown as much as the next gadget nerd, but two teardowns of digital pregnancy tests on Twitter illustrate how “technology” for reproductive health often misses the mark.
