Don’t Be Afraid of Self-Improving AI, Says a16z-Backed Startup Mirendil
Scienceby Webb Wright·29 Jun 2026
According to many true-believers, the biggest promise of AI is its potential to accelerate scientific discovery; once-in-a-generation breakthroughs could one day become routine, thanks to...
Nobel Prizes: 5 Unlikely Winner Reactions, From the Unbothered to the Downright Mad
Scienceby Gayoung Lee·8 Oct 2025
The Nobel Prizes are arguably the world’s most prestigious recognition anyone can receive for their work in the sciences, medicine, literature, or for world peace.
An Artist Claims to Have Created Paint in a 'New' Impossible Hue Conjured by Scientists
Scienceby Lucas Ropek·24 Apr 2025
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, recently claimed to have conjured the ability to make humans see a “new color” that was beyond the “natural human gamut.” Researchers did this...
Scientists Agree That Everyone Hates Your Terrible Zoom Mic
Scienceby Matthew Gault·28 Mar 2025
If your mic sucks on a conference call then everyone judges you. In our deepest hearts we all know this is true but now it’s confirmed by science.
This $35,000 Computer Is Powered by Trapped Human Brain Cells
Scienceby Matthew Gault·10 Mar 2025
Cortical Labs would like to sell you a brain in a box. It’ll cost about $35,000, and you can teach it to do all kinds of nifty things.
AI Could Be Making Scientists Less Creative
Scienceby Todd Feathers·15 Dec 2024
Adopting artificial intelligence tools to analyze data and model outcomes has a huge impact on the career prospects of young scientists, significantly increasing their chances of rising to...
What Was the First Recreational Drug?
Scienceby Daniel Kolitz·31 Aug 2024
Sex, war, and getting insanely high: Society might’ve changed in the last 60,000 years or so, but these interests have remained constant.
Scientists Trained a Lump of Goo to Play Pong
Scienceby Matthew Gault·23 Aug 2024
Scientists have trained an inanimate lump of goo to play the video game Pong. As reported in New Scientist and described in a research paper from scientists at the University of Reading...
Study Finds No Strong Evidence for Benefits of Wim Hof Method
Scienceby Ed Cara·15 Mar 2024
New research this week seems to throw cold water on the Wim Hof method, an endurance training technique that intentionally exposes people to frigid temperatures.
These Volunteers Will Stay in Bed for Two Straight Months for Space Travel Experiment
Scienceby Ed Cara·23 May 2023
Twelve people are about to embark on the world’s longest sleepover, all in the name of space research. The group will be confined to beds designed to mimic the rigors of space for 60 days straight.
New NASA Official Took Her Oath of Office on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’
Scienceby Passant Rabie·10 Apr 2023
When Dr. Makenzie Lystrup was sworn in as the new director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center last week, she didn’t take her oath of office on the Bible or the U.S.
How the Brains of Fighter Pilots Can Help Us Prepare for Prolonged Missions in Space
Scienceby Frontiers Science News·17 Feb 2023
A new study investigates whether F16 fighter pilots demonstrate brain connectivity changes that could be expected in astronauts, based on similar exposure to changes in g-forces.
An Imposter Claiming to Be an Astronaut Wooed a Japanese Woman Into Paying for a 'Return Ticket to Earth'
Scienceby Passant Rabie·10 Oct 2022
A 65-year-old woman in Japan paid the equivalent of $30,000 in a recent online scam that defied gravity.
You Won't Have Fauci to Kick Around Anymore
Scienceby Ed Cara·22 Aug 2022
Long-time public health official Anthony Fauci is set to retire from government soon. Fauci said Monday that he will leave his current roles as an advisor to the White House and a leading official...
Degrees of the Future 2022: Neuroscience
Scienceby Gizmodo Staff·11 Aug 2022
Neuroscientists study the brain and its various complex capabilities, from memory and learning to human behavior and consciousness.
These Are the Degrees of the Future
Scienceby Isaac Schultz·11 Aug 2022
Gizmodo has partnered with the independent market research provider Statista to identify the top universities within 25 fields of study that we believe will define the 21st century.
China Publishes, Then Deletes Report of Potential Alien Signals
Scienceby Kevin Hurler·15 Jun 2022
Yesterday, Science and Technology Daily, a state-backed media outlet in China, published what could have been an exciting piece of news: Researchers recorded radio signals that looked like evidence...
Anthony Fauci Catches His First Case of Covid-19
Scienceby Ed Cara·15 Jun 2022
Anthony Fauci, perhaps the most well-known public health figure in America, has contacted covid-19.
NASA Will Investigate UFOs, Er, 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena'
Scienceby Isaac Schultz·9 Jun 2022
NASA will commission a team of scientists to begin investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) this fall, the agency announced today.
How to Watch the Government's UFO Hearing
Scienceby Passant Rabie·17 May 2022
Congress is holding its first public hearingon unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) in decades in light of a number of videos captured by U.S. Navy pilots that show odd-looking flying vehicles.
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