ScienceHealth CDC Says Cucumbers Likely Cause of Salmonella Outbreak in 25 States Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida have seen the highest number of cases so far. By Matt Novak Published June 6, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX Pushes Starship to New Extremes During Dramatic Fourth Flight Test The latest test of the experimental megarocket broke new ground, including a successful soft landing of the booster in the Gulf of Mexico. By Passant Rabie Updated June 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnimals Check Out the Funniest Pet Photos of 2024 The annual Comedy Pet Photography Awards has announced their winners. By Isaac Schultz Published June 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealth Scientists Uncover Potential Major Cause of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Researchers in the UK have found evidence of a specific genetic pathway that can cause immune cells to turn on the body and attack the guts of those with IBD. By Ed Cara Published June 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealth Are Calorie Counts on Packaged Foods Lying to You? A study of restaurant menus in 2020 found calories were sometimes more than 20% higher than listed. By Matt Novak Published June 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealth New Ringworm Fungi Are Spreading Sexually and Becoming Harder to Kill Researchers are warning doctors and the public about two emerging fungi that are stranger and hardier than the typical ringworm infection. By Ed Cara Published June 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Spunky Exoplanet Inexplicably Survives Host Star’s Death Throes The discovery of this rare world offers a glimpse into the distant future when our Sun swells up into a red giant star. By Passant Rabie Published June 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Pesky Glitch Forces NASA to Change the Way Hubble Works, and It’s Not for the Better The aging telescope will now resort to using one gyroscope, which will add extra time when locking onto new targets. By Passant Rabie Published June 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight A Parachute Failed to Deploy During Jeff Bezos’ Space Tourism Comeback Mission On May 19, during its first crewed flight in two years, one of the parachutes on the New Shepard capsule failed to fully inflate, prompting an investigation. By Passant Rabie Published June 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Chinese Probe Heads Back to Earth With Samples From the Moon’s Mysterious Far Side China is aiming to become the first nation to return rock and dust from the lunar far side. By Passant Rabie Published June 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealth Alcohol on Long Flights Could Be a Dangerous Cocktail for Your Heart New research Monday suggests that the combination of alcohol and long-haul flying can lower blood oxygen and raise our heart rate while sleeping. By Ed Cara Published June 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnimals Gigantic Invasive Spiders Set for New York City Debut This Summer Striking in color and size as they may be, however, Joro spiders aren’t a danger to humans. By Ed Cara Published June 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace What’s Up With STEVE? New Finding Adds a Twist to the Aurora-Like Enigma Despite its shimmering appearance of purple light in the night sky, STEVE is actually quite a complicated guy. By Passant Rabie Published June 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePaleontology Meet the ‘Giga-Goose,’ a 500-Pound Ice Age Bird The massive bird was adapted for swimming underwater and may have gone extinct when lakes dried up. By Isaac Schultz Published June 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
Science Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Rig the NBA Finals? It’s the Boston Celtics vs the Dallas Mavericks. Use strategic thinking to figure out who's more likely to win. By Jack Murtagh Published June 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealth Male Birth Control Gel Kicks in Sooner Than Anticipated, Study Finds New research shows that the NES/T gel can effectively suppress men’s fertility in as little as four weeks. By Ed Cara Published June 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceHealth Ozempic and Wegovy Might Be Supercharging Your Taste Buds A small proof-of-concept study has found evidence that semaglutide can improve people's taste sensitivity, particularly to sweetness. By Ed Cara Published June 1, 2024 | Comments (0)
Science Tweaked Formula on Alien Intelligence Hints That We’re Truly Alone in the Galaxy Plus: The deadly medieval disease that vanished from history, the solar storm threat has returned, and China's spaceplane is up to something. Gizmodo Staff Published June 1, 2024
ScienceSpaceflight Boeing’s Beleaguered Starliner Finally Blasts Off With NASA Astronauts on Board A Starliner crew has finally made it to space, but the big challenges for Boeing's spacecraft are yet to come. By Passant Rabie Updated May 31, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnimals Stingray That Became Mysteriously Pregnant Now Has ‘Reproductive Disease’ "The findings are truly a sad and unexpected medical development," the North Carolina aquarium wrote. By Matt Novak Published May 31, 2024 | Comments (0)
