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

Science & Health

10 months ago

Do Not Fear The Brainless Blob Monster

Tom McKay

Science & Health

10 months ago

Hear Me Out: Super Bees

Jennings Brown

Just Who Do You Think Is The Enemy Here?

Science & Health

10 months ago

Just Who Do You Think Is The Enemy Here?

Brian Kahn

First All-Women Spacewalk Scheduled For Friday

Science & Health

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 months ago

It’s Bomb Cyclone Time For The Northeast

Brian Kahn

Arianna Huffington On Quest To Create The Methadone Of Tech

Science & Health

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 months ago

Aerial Laser Scans Uncover Hidden Early Capital Of The Khmer Empire

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 months ago

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

Jennings Brown

Science & Health

10 months ago

Can You Give Yourself A Panic Attack?

Daniel Kolitz

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

Science & Health

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 months ago

Singapore Bans Soft Drink Ads To Curb Diabetes Epidemic

Allison Robicelli

California Power Outage Wreaks Havoc At Research Labs

Science & Health

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 months ago

NASA Space Weather Satellite Set To Launch Today, Finally

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Viagra Might Someday Enhance Bone Marrow Transplants

Science & Health

10 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

10 months ago

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

George Dvorsky

Americans Are Already Moving Away From The Rising Water’s Edge

Science & Health

10 months ago

Americans Are Already Moving Away From The Rising Water’s Edge

Brian Kahn on Earther, shared by Andrew Couts to Gizmodo

Unprecedented Video Shows Pigs Using Tools

Science & Health

10 months ago

Unprecedented Video Shows Pigs Using Tools

George Dvorsky

Bow Down To Holly, Your Fat Bear Week Champion Of 2019

Science & Health

10 months ago

Bow Down To Holly, Your Fat Bear Week Champion Of 2019

Catie Keck

Physicists Create Lab System That Looks Like Theorised Dark Matter Particle

Science & Health

10 months ago

Physicists Create Lab System That Looks Like Theorised Dark Matter Particle

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The War On Drugs Is A War On The Climate

Science & Health

10 months ago

The War On Drugs Is A War On The Climate

Yessenia Funes on Earther, shared by Brian Kahn to Gizmodo

Does My Smartwatch’s Sleep Tracker Actually Do Anything?

Science & Health

10 months ago

Does My Smartwatch’s Sleep Tracker Actually Do Anything?

Maddie Stone

Scientists Invent LED Device To Quickly Treat Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Though It’s Not Ready For Humans Yet

Science & Health

10 months ago

Scientists Invent LED Device To Quickly Treat Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Though It’s Not Ready For Humans Yet

Ed Cara

Chemistry Nobel Prize Goes To Lithium-Ion Batteries, Even If They Explode Sometimes

Science & Health

10 months ago

Chemistry Nobel Prize Goes To Lithium-Ion Batteries, Even If They Explode Sometimes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Researchers Created Lenses A Thousand Times Thinner To Hopefully Eliminate Ugly Smartphone Camera Bumps

Science & Health

10 months ago

Researchers Created Lenses A Thousand Times Thinner To Hopefully Eliminate Ugly Smartphone Camera Bumps

Andrew Liszewski

Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $8 Billion In Risperdal Case Involving Male Breast Growth

Science & Health

10 months ago

Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $8 Billion In Risperdal Case Involving Male Breast Growth

Matt Novak

Humans Have A ‘Salamander-Like’ Ability To Regenerate Damaged Body Parts, Study Finds

Science & Health

10 months ago

Humans Have A ‘Salamander-Like’ Ability To Regenerate Damaged Body Parts, Study Finds

George Dvorsky

Trump’s Border Wall Could Destroy An Icon Of The American Southwest

Science & Health

10 months ago

Trump’s Border Wall Could Destroy An Icon Of The American Southwest

Brian Kahn

Greta Thunberg Heads To Standing Rock To Support Indigenous Activists

Science & Health

10 months ago

Greta Thunberg Heads To Standing Rock To Support Indigenous Activists

Yessenia Funes

STDs In America Hit Another Record High In 2018

Science & Health

10 months ago

STDs In America Hit Another Record High In 2018

Ed Cara

Ruins Of 5,000-Year-Old Megalopolis Uncovered In Israel

Science & Health

10 months ago

Ruins Of 5,000-Year-Old Megalopolis Uncovered In Israel

George Dvorsky

You’ve Heard Of Water Bears, But How About These Ancient Mould Pigs?

Science & Health

10 months ago

You’ve Heard Of Water Bears, But How About These Ancient Mould Pigs?

George Dvorsky

Physicists Win Nobel Prize For Finding Exoplanet Around A Sun-Like Star And For Helping Develop Theory Of The Universe

Science & Health

10 months ago

Physicists Win Nobel Prize For Finding Exoplanet Around A Sun-Like Star And For Helping Develop Theory Of The Universe

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Dakota Access Protestors Could Get 110 Years In Prison

Online

10 months ago

Dakota Access Protestors Could Get 110 Years In Prison

Yessenia Funes

Underground Detector In Japan To Join Search For Gravitational Waves

Science & Health

10 months ago

Underground Detector In Japan To Join Search For Gravitational Waves

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The World Just Had Another Month Of Record Heat

Science & Health

10 months ago

The World Just Had Another Month Of Record Heat

Brian Kahn

‘Outrage’: New Video Shows Bulldozers Destroying America’s Most Iconic Cacti To Build Trump’s Border Wall

Science & Health

10 months ago

‘Outrage’: New Video Shows Bulldozers Destroying America’s Most Iconic Cacti To Build Trump’s Border Wall

Brian Kahn

Hurricane Dorian Spilled More Than 5.7 Million Litres Of Oil In The Bahamas

Science & Health

10 months ago

Hurricane Dorian Spilled More Than 5.7 Million Litres Of Oil In The Bahamas

Yessenia Funes

E-Cigarette Vapour Linked To Lung Cancer In Mice

Science & Health

10 months ago

E-Cigarette Vapour Linked To Lung Cancer In Mice

Ed Cara

Six Elephants Die In Thailand Trying To Rescue Each Other From Waterfall

Science & Health

10 months ago

Six Elephants Die In Thailand Trying To Rescue Each Other From Waterfall

Tom McKay

2019 Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To Researchers Who Unravelled How Cells Sense Oxygen

Science & Health

10 months ago

2019 Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To Researchers Who Unravelled How Cells Sense Oxygen

Ed Cara

How The Last Woolly Mammoths Met Their Demise On A Remote Arctic Island

Science & Health

10 months ago

How The Last Woolly Mammoths Met Their Demise On A Remote Arctic Island

George Dvorsky

‘We’re Here’: Extinction Rebellion Bloodies New York As Part Of Global Week Of Protests

Science & Health

10 months ago

‘We’re Here’: Extinction Rebellion Bloodies New York As Part Of Global Week Of Protests

Brian Kahn

Whoa, Astronomers Just Found 20 New Moons Around Saturn

Science & Health

10 months ago

Whoa, Astronomers Just Found 20 New Moons Around Saturn

George Dvorsky

Simulations Show Black Holes Have Surprisingly Intimate Relationship With Host Galaxies

Science & Health

10 months ago

Simulations Show Black Holes Have Surprisingly Intimate Relationship With Host Galaxies

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Chernobyl’s Infamous Reactor 4 Control Room Is Now Open To Tourists

Science & Health

10 months ago

Chernobyl’s Infamous Reactor 4 Control Room Is Now Open To Tourists

Tom McKay

Here’s More Evidence That Earth Got Hit By Something Huge 12,800 Years Ago

Science & Health

10 months ago

Here’s More Evidence That Earth Got Hit By Something Huge 12,800 Years Ago

George Dvorsky

Bet You Thought You’d Seen The Last Of Me

Science & Health

10 months ago

Bet You Thought You’d Seen The Last Of Me

Bryan Menegus

Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Releases Its Final Probe For Exploring Asteroid Ryugu

Science & Health

10 months ago

Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Releases Its Final Probe For Exploring Asteroid Ryugu

George Dvorsky

The American Attack On Science Has Reached A ‘Crisis Point,’ Damning Report Shows

Science & Health

10 months ago

The American Attack On Science Has Reached A ‘Crisis Point,’ Damning Report Shows

Yessenia Funes

Reminder: Daylight Savings Starts This Weekend

Science & Health

10 months ago

Reminder: Daylight Savings Starts This Weekend

Tegan Jones

Blood Fountain Erupts Uncontrollably During Climate Change Protest

Science & Health

10 months ago

Blood Fountain Erupts Uncontrollably During Climate Change Protest

Justin T. Westbrook

U.S. National Academy Of Sciences Removes Video Suggesting Gene Editing Could Be Used To Make Designer Babies

Science & Health

10 months ago

U.S. National Academy Of Sciences Removes Video Suggesting Gene Editing Could Be Used To Make Designer Babies

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Here’s How NASA Might Rescue InSight’s Extremely Stuck Heat Probe

Science & Health

10 months ago

Here’s How NASA Might Rescue InSight’s Extremely Stuck Heat Probe

George Dvorsky

Prospective Fathers Should Avoid Binge Drinking, Study Finds

Science & Health

10 months ago

Prospective Fathers Should Avoid Binge Drinking, Study Finds

Ed Cara

Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose A New Challenge For Bioethics

Science & Health

10 months ago

Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose A New Challenge For Bioethics

George Dvorsky

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