Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans

This Uninhabited Island Is Covered In Rubber Bands Because Birds Think They’re Worms

Science & Health

8 months ago

This Uninhabited Island Is Covered In Rubber Bands Because Birds Think They’re Worms

George Dvorsky

Just My Opinion: The Company Offering $190,000 For The Perfect Robot Face Should Choose Luigi

Science & Health

8 months ago

Just My Opinion: The Company Offering $190,000 For The Perfect Robot Face Should Choose Luigi

Tom McKay

Standing In The Rubble Of Paradise: Life After The Camp Fire, One Year Later

Science & Health

9 months ago

Standing In The Rubble Of Paradise: Life After The Camp Fire, One Year Later

Brian Kahn

Exxon Isn’t The Only Fossil Fuel Giant Getting Its Arse Sued

Science & Health

9 months ago

Exxon Isn’t The Only Fossil Fuel Giant Getting Its Arse Sued

Brian Kahn

Air Pollution Is Increasing In The U.S. For The First Time In A Decade Under Trump

Science & Health

9 months ago

Air Pollution Is Increasing In The U.S. For The First Time In A Decade Under Trump

Yessenia Funes

Science & Health

9 months ago

How Are Stars Made?

Orsola De Marco

Aye-Ayes Have Been Hiding A Secret Sixth Finger This Whole Time

Science & Health

9 months ago

Aye-Ayes Have Been Hiding A Secret Sixth Finger This Whole Time

George Dvorsky

The Bacteria That Cause Stomach Ulcers Are Becoming Drug-Resistant, Too

Science & Health

9 months ago

The Bacteria That Cause Stomach Ulcers Are Becoming Drug-Resistant, Too

Ed Cara

Science Prizes Are Still A Boys’ Club, But Here’s How We Can Change That

Science & Health

9 months ago

Science Prizes Are Still A Boys’ Club, But Here’s How We Can Change That

Justine Shaw and Vanessa Wong

Cars

9 months ago

They Taught Rats How To Drive

Justin T. Westbrook

The Most Bullshit Health And Wellness Fads Of The Decade

Science & Health

9 months ago

The Most Bullshit Health And Wellness Fads Of The Decade

Catie Keck

Elon Musk On His Space Internet: ‘Whoa, It Worked’

Science & Health

9 months ago

Elon Musk On His Space Internet: ‘Whoa, It Worked’

George Dvorsky

These Roadside Markers Have A Futuristic Climate Twist

Science & Health

9 months ago

These Roadside Markers Have A Futuristic Climate Twist

Yessenia Funes

2019 Had The Smallest Ozone Hole On Record, No Thanks To Us

Science & Health

9 months ago

2019 Had The Smallest Ozone Hole On Record, No Thanks To Us

Brian Kahn

NASA Needs New Strategies To Protect The Solar System From Earthly Contamination, Report Finds

Science & Health

9 months ago

NASA Needs New Strategies To Protect The Solar System From Earthly Contamination, Report Finds

George Dvorsky

These Rat-Eating Monkeys Are A Surprisingly Effective Form Of Pest Control

Science & Health

9 months ago

These Rat-Eating Monkeys Are A Surprisingly Effective Form Of Pest Control

George Dvorsky

What Will The Internet Look Like In 2030?

Science & Health

9 months ago

What Will The Internet Look Like In 2030?

Daniel Kolitz

Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?

Science & Health

9 months ago

Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Debut Precise New Gene-Editing Technique That Overcomes Some Of CRISPR’s Problems

Science & Health

9 months ago

Scientists Debut Precise New Gene-Editing Technique That Overcomes Some Of CRISPR’s Problems

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

It Took Just Three Weeks For Superbug To Resist Last-Resort Drug, Doctors Say

Science & Health

9 months ago

It Took Just Three Weeks For Superbug To Resist Last-Resort Drug, Doctors Say

Ed Cara

Mysterious Cases Of Paralysis In Children May Be Caused By Polio-Like Viruses

Science & Health

9 months ago

Mysterious Cases Of Paralysis In Children May Be Caused By Polio-Like Viruses

Ed Cara

World’s Loudest Bird Shrieks Directly Into Potential Mates’ Faces

Science & Health

9 months ago

World’s Loudest Bird Shrieks Directly Into Potential Mates’ Faces

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Tribes Are Pushing Washington To Be The First State To Declare A Climate Emergency

Science & Health

9 months ago

Tribes Are Pushing Washington To Be The First State To Declare A Climate Emergency

Yessenia Funes

The Voice Unmasked: How We Hear Image, Emotion And Identity

Science & Health

9 months ago

The Voice Unmasked: How We Hear Image, Emotion And Identity

Kristal Spreadborough

‘Grace And Frankie’ Cast Gets Their Asses Arrested For The Planet

Science & Health

9 months ago

‘Grace And Frankie’ Cast Gets Their Asses Arrested For The Planet

Yessenia Funes

Japanese Fireball Might Hit Earth One Day But Everything’s Totally Fine

Science & Health

9 months ago

Japanese Fireball Might Hit Earth One Day But Everything’s Totally Fine

Sarah Basford

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder Over Possible Asbestos Contamination

Science & Health

9 months ago

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder Over Possible Asbestos Contamination

Ed Cara

Scientists Can Now See Stranded Whales From Space

Science & Health

9 months ago

Scientists Can Now See Stranded Whales From Space

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Cosmic Rays May Have Blasted Gigantic Sand Dunes Into Existence On Saturn’s Moon Titan

Science & Health

9 months ago

Cosmic Rays May Have Blasted Gigantic Sand Dunes Into Existence On Saturn’s Moon Titan

George Dvorsky

Uh… The U.S. Army Just Contracted With Tom DeLonge’s UFO Group To Study Those ‘Alien Alloys’

Science & Health

9 months ago

Uh… The U.S. Army Just Contracted With Tom DeLonge’s UFO Group To Study Those ‘Alien Alloys’

Tom McKay

Science & Health

9 months ago

We’re Not Ready For The Next Pandemic

Ed Cara

Don’t Sell Human Fetuses on Facebook, Even Super Old Ones

Science & Health

9 months ago

Don’t Sell Human Fetuses on Facebook, Even Super Old Ones

Catie Keck

Dormant For 500 Years, A Potentially Deadly Fault In California Has Started To Move

Science & Health

9 months ago

Dormant For 500 Years, A Potentially Deadly Fault In California Has Started To Move

George Dvorsky

U.S. Border Patrol Reportedly Eyes Face Recognition For Body Cams

Science & Health

9 months ago

U.S. Border Patrol Reportedly Eyes Face Recognition For Body Cams

Tom McKay

The Potential Of Green Urban Planning For Mental Health

Science & Health

9 months ago

The Potential Of Green Urban Planning For Mental Health

Robin George Andrews on Earther, shared by Brian Kahn to Gizmodo

Hurricane Dorian Oil Spill Has Reached Freshwater Resources In The Bahamas

Science & Health

9 months ago

Hurricane Dorian Oil Spill Has Reached Freshwater Resources In The Bahamas

Yessenia Funes

Samsung Is Sending A Galaxy S10 5G Towards Space For Some Reason

Mobile

9 months ago

Samsung Is Sending A Galaxy S10 5G Towards Space For Some Reason

Tom Pritchard

Fat Can Build Up In The Lungs, Study Finds, Which May Explain Obesity-Asthma Link

Science & Health

9 months ago

Fat Can Build Up In The Lungs, Study Finds, Which May Explain Obesity-Asthma Link

Ed Cara

New Satellite Pics Show Curiosity And InSight Hard At Work On Mars

Science & Health

9 months ago

New Satellite Pics Show Curiosity And InSight Hard At Work On Mars

George Dvorsky

Blue Light From LEDs Can Rot The Brains Of Fruit Flies, Study Finds

Science & Health

9 months ago

Blue Light From LEDs Can Rot The Brains Of Fruit Flies, Study Finds

Ed Cara

Science & Health

9 months ago

Do Not Fear The Brainless Blob Monster

Tom McKay

Science & Health

9 months ago

Hear Me Out: Super Bees

Jennings Brown

Just Who Do You Think Is The Enemy Here?

Science & Health

9 months ago

Just Who Do You Think Is The Enemy Here?

Brian Kahn

First All-Women Spacewalk Scheduled For Friday

Science & Health

9 months ago

First All-Women Spacewalk Scheduled For Friday

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Elon Musk Smoking Joe Rogan’s Weed Somehow Ended Up Costing Taxpayers $7.3 Million

Science & Health

9 months ago

Elon Musk Smoking Joe Rogan’s Weed Somehow Ended Up Costing Taxpayers $7.3 Million

Tom McKay

Modern Humans Inherited Even More DNA From Neanderthals And Denisovans Than We Thought

Science & Health

9 months ago

Modern Humans Inherited Even More DNA From Neanderthals And Denisovans Than We Thought

George Dvorsky

It’s Bomb Cyclone Time For The Northeast

Science & Health

9 months ago

It’s Bomb Cyclone Time For The Northeast

Brian Kahn

Arianna Huffington On Quest To Create The Methadone Of Tech

Science & Health

9 months ago

Arianna Huffington On Quest To Create The Methadone Of Tech

Jennings Brown

A New Skill Could Let Smart Speakers Monitor A Sleeping Baby’s Breathing And Movement

Science & Health

9 months ago

A New Skill Could Let Smart Speakers Monitor A Sleeping Baby’s Breathing And Movement

Andrew Liszewski

Fighting Climate Change Is Key To Preventing Future Ebola Epidemics, Study Finds

Science & Health

9 months ago

Fighting Climate Change Is Key To Preventing Future Ebola Epidemics, Study Finds

Yessenia Funes

Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human

Science & Health

9 months ago

Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How That Giant Homemade Modular Synth Wound Up At MIT

Science & Health

9 months ago

How That Giant Homemade Modular Synth Wound Up At MIT

Lauren W. Dillard

Ancient Assyrian Tablets Seem To Contain References To A Massive Solar Storm

Science & Health

9 months ago

Ancient Assyrian Tablets Seem To Contain References To A Massive Solar Storm

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

NASA’s Plan To Rescue InSight’s Stuck Heat Probe Appears To Be Working

Science & Health

9 months ago

NASA’s Plan To Rescue InSight’s Stuck Heat Probe Appears To Be Working

George Dvorsky

Terrifying ‘Blob’ Organism With 720 Sexes Has No Brain But Can Self Heal And Transmit Knowledge

Science & Health

9 months ago

Terrifying ‘Blob’ Organism With 720 Sexes Has No Brain But Can Self Heal And Transmit Knowledge

Tegan Jones

Creatures Of The Deep Are Feeding On A Whale Carcass And You Can Watch It Live

Science & Health

9 months ago

Creatures Of The Deep Are Feeding On A Whale Carcass And You Can Watch It Live

George Dvorsky

The Year’s Best Wildlife Photos Remind Us Why Nature Is Worth Fighting For

Science & Health

9 months ago

The Year’s Best Wildlife Photos Remind Us Why Nature Is Worth Fighting For

Yessenia Funes

Taco Bell Recalls A Million Kilos Of Beef Due To Reports Of ‘Metal Shavings’

Science & Health

9 months ago

Taco Bell Recalls A Million Kilos Of Beef Due To Reports Of ‘Metal Shavings’

Jennings Brown

U.S. Congress Wants Answers On Who Sent Millions Of Pro-Vaping Posts From Bot Accounts

Science & Health

9 months ago

U.S. Congress Wants Answers On Who Sent Millions Of Pro-Vaping Posts From Bot Accounts

Tom McKay

Aerial Laser Scans Uncover Hidden Early Capital Of The Khmer Empire

Science & Health

9 months ago

Aerial Laser Scans Uncover Hidden Early Capital Of The Khmer Empire

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

9 months ago

Climate Rage Is Working

Brian Kahn

The Voyager Missions Saw A ‘Tsunami’ Of Solar Activity Sending A Pressure Pulse Into Interstellar Space

Science & Health

9 months ago

The Voyager Missions Saw A ‘Tsunami’ Of Solar Activity Sending A Pressure Pulse Into Interstellar Space

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

What Are We Going To Do With All This Space Junk?

Science & Health

9 months ago

What Are We Going To Do With All This Space Junk?

JoAnna Wendel and Kate Wheeling

Discovery Of Bronze Age Warrior’s Kit Sheds New Light On An Epic Prehistoric Battle

Science & Health

9 months ago

Discovery Of Bronze Age Warrior’s Kit Sheds New Light On An Epic Prehistoric Battle

George Dvorsky

In Unprecedented Move, London Police Ban Extinction Rebellion Climate Protests Throughout Entire City

Science & Health

9 months ago

In Unprecedented Move, London Police Ban Extinction Rebellion Climate Protests Throughout Entire City

Tom McKay

Could An Electrical Equipment Malfunction Be Behind California’s Latest Blaze?

Science & Health

9 months ago

Could An Electrical Equipment Malfunction Be Behind California’s Latest Blaze?

Catie Keck

‘We Are Nations:’ What Environmental Justice Looks Like For Indigenous People

Science & Health

9 months ago

‘We Are Nations:’ What Environmental Justice Looks Like For Indigenous People

Adam Boffa

Typhoon Hagibis Is Japan’s Latest Multi-Billion-Dollar Disaster

Science & Health

9 months ago

Typhoon Hagibis Is Japan’s Latest Multi-Billion-Dollar Disaster

Brian Kahn

The UK Just Got More Power From Renewables Than Fossil Fuels, A First Since 1882

Science & Health

9 months ago

The UK Just Got More Power From Renewables Than Fossil Fuels, A First Since 1882

Brian Kahn

A Study That Linked Shorter Lifespans To CRISPR Baby Mutation Has Been Retracted

Science & Health

9 months ago

A Study That Linked Shorter Lifespans To CRISPR Baby Mutation Has Been Retracted

Ed Cara

Toxic Algae Blooms Really Have Become More Intense, Study Finds

Science & Health

9 months ago

Toxic Algae Blooms Really Have Become More Intense, Study Finds

Ed Cara

‘Apocalypse In The Making’: Authorities To Use Drones And Snipers To Kill Infected North Korean Pigs

Science & Health

9 months ago

‘Apocalypse In The Making’: Authorities To Use Drones And Snipers To Kill Infected North Korean Pigs

Jennings Brown

Science & Health

9 months ago

Can You Give Yourself A Panic Attack?

Daniel Kolitz

Scientists Discover Hidden Information In 140-Year-Old Fundamental Physics Concept

Science & Health

9 months ago

Scientists Discover Hidden Information In 140-Year-Old Fundamental Physics Concept

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The New Interstellar Object Looks Surprisingly Familiar

Science & Health

9 months ago

The New Interstellar Object Looks Surprisingly Familiar

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

We Only Just Found Out Saturn Has More Moons Than Jupiter

Science & Health

9 months ago

We Only Just Found Out Saturn Has More Moons Than Jupiter

Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer

Singapore Bans Soft Drink Ads To Curb Diabetes Epidemic

Science & Health

9 months ago

Singapore Bans Soft Drink Ads To Curb Diabetes Epidemic

Allison Robicelli

California Power Outage Wreaks Havoc At Research Labs

Science & Health

9 months ago

California Power Outage Wreaks Havoc At Research Labs

George Dvorsky

California Wildfire Season Is Here As The Saddleridge Fire Explodes Near Los Angeles

Science & Health

9 months ago

California Wildfire Season Is Here As The Saddleridge Fire Explodes Near Los Angeles

Yessenia Funes

Koala Genes Are Being Attacked By A Virus, But Their DNA Is Fighting Back

Science & Health

9 months ago

Koala Genes Are Being Attacked By A Virus, But Their DNA Is Fighting Back

Keith Chappell

Singapore Airlines Launches “Farm To Plane” Meals With Veggies Grown Under 2km From The Runway

Science & Health

9 months ago

Singapore Airlines Launches “Farm To Plane” Meals With Veggies Grown Under 2km From The Runway

Aimee Levitt

A Smooth Ride And Built-In Tracking Make Cannondale’s Treadwell A Bike For The Rest Of Us

Reviews

9 months ago

A Smooth Ride And Built-In Tracking Make Cannondale’s Treadwell A Bike For The Rest Of Us

Andrew Liszewski

Experts Axed By Trump’s EPA Are Preparing Their Own Pollution Report

Online

9 months ago

Experts Axed By Trump’s EPA Are Preparing Their Own Pollution Report

Tom McKay on Earther, shared by Tom McKay to Gizmodo

Hubble Sees Our Galaxy Sucking Up A Mysterious Amount Of Gas

Science & Health

9 months ago

Hubble Sees Our Galaxy Sucking Up A Mysterious Amount Of Gas

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Alexei Leonov Survived The Harrowing First Spacewalk

Science & Health

9 months ago

How Alexei Leonov Survived The Harrowing First Spacewalk

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Nurses At New Jersey Hospital Fed Patients Benadryl To Avoid Work, Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleges

Science & Health

9 months ago

Nurses At New Jersey Hospital Fed Patients Benadryl To Avoid Work, Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleges

Ed Cara

‘I Have Rights:’ How Undocumented Laborers Are Exploited During Disaster Recovery

Science & Health

9 months ago

‘I Have Rights:’ How Undocumented Laborers Are Exploited During Disaster Recovery

Yessenia Funes

Ancient Egyptian ‘Industrial Zone’ Uncovered In Luxor’s Valley Of The Monkeys

Science & Health

9 months ago

Ancient Egyptian ‘Industrial Zone’ Uncovered In Luxor’s Valley Of The Monkeys

George Dvorsky

Greta Thunberg Didn’t Win The Nobel Peace Prize. Good.

Science & Health

9 months ago

Greta Thunberg Didn’t Win The Nobel Peace Prize. Good.

Brian Kahn on Earther, shared by Andrew Couts to Gizmodo

Elon Musk: NASA Can Share SpaceX’s IP With Literally Anybody, ‘No Charge’

Science & Health

9 months ago

Elon Musk: NASA Can Share SpaceX’s IP With Literally Anybody, ‘No Charge’

Jennings Brown

A Record-Setting Blizzard Is Set To Blast The American Midwest

Science & Health

9 months ago

A Record-Setting Blizzard Is Set To Blast The American Midwest

Brian Kahn

Over 150,000 Americans Have Rare DNA Fluke And Don’t Know It, Study Of 23andMe Data Finds

Science & Health

9 months ago

Over 150,000 Americans Have Rare DNA Fluke And Don’t Know It, Study Of 23andMe Data Finds

Ed Cara

Report Finds Nearly Two-Third Of America’s Birds Vulnerable To Extinction From Climate Change

Science & Health

9 months ago

Report Finds Nearly Two-Third Of America’s Birds Vulnerable To Extinction From Climate Change

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Two Weeks After Amazon Made Its ‘Climate Pledge,’ It Joined Big Oil For Its ‘Accelerate Production 4.0’ Event

Science & Health

9 months ago

Two Weeks After Amazon Made Its ‘Climate Pledge,’ It Joined Big Oil For Its ‘Accelerate Production 4.0’ Event

Brian Merchant

MIT Confirms A Bridge Leonardo Da Vinci Designed 500 Years Ago Was An Ancient Engineering Marvel

Science & Health

9 months ago

MIT Confirms A Bridge Leonardo Da Vinci Designed 500 Years Ago Was An Ancient Engineering Marvel

Andrew Liszewski

Check Out NASA’s Look For The Next Lunar Landing

Science & Health

9 months ago

Check Out NASA’s Look For The Next Lunar Landing

Alyse Stanley

Extinction Rebellion Delays Flights In London And Snarls Traffic In New York

Science & Health

9 months ago

Extinction Rebellion Delays Flights In London And Snarls Traffic In New York

Yessenia Funes and Brian Kahn

NASA Space Weather Satellite Set To Launch Today, Finally

Science & Health

9 months ago

NASA Space Weather Satellite Set To Launch Today, Finally

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Viagra Might Someday Enhance Bone Marrow Transplants

Science & Health

9 months ago

Viagra Might Someday Enhance Bone Marrow Transplants

Ed Cara

Social Inequality, Marriage Habits And Other Clues To Bronze Age Life Revealed In New Study

Science & Health

9 months ago

Social Inequality, Marriage Habits And Other Clues To Bronze Age Life Revealed In New Study

George Dvorsky

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