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  • Dictionary.com Er Meget Træt af Dine Tørstige Forsøg på at Komme i Ordbogen

    Foto: Getty Den Dictionary.com hold ville virkelig gerne have misforstået eller trolling internet-brugere til at holde op med at bede dem om at tilføje nye ord til den online ordbog. Onsdag, en leksikograf ved Dictionary.com rettet en viral tweet, der går rundt tyder på, at online ordbog vil tilføje et ord til ordbogen hvis det…

  • Forskere Vil Snart Falde Antistof for at Se,, Hvordan Det Opfører sig i Gravity

    ALPHA eksperimentet på CERNPhoto: CERN Antistof fortsætter med at opføre sig ligesom almindelige spørgsmål, uanset hvad tests forskere smide på det. Og i lyset af endnu en ny udfordring, antistof har igen afvist at knække. I en ny undersøgelse, fysikere har forsøgt at finde forskelle mellem stof og antistof—forvirrende, også en slags stof, men med…

  • Superbugs, Der Forårsager Urinvejsinfektioner Er Spredning Uden for Hospitaler

    Et digitalt farvelagt scanning electron micrograph (SEM) af Escherichia coli-bakterier, som ofte forårsager urinvejsinfektioner. Billede: det Nationale Institut for Allergi og Smitsomme Sygdomme De bakterier, der forårsager urinvejsinfektioner er ikke blot bliver mere og mere resistente over for antibiotika, tyder en ny undersøgelse offentliggjort i Annals of Emergency Medicine, men de er begyndt at sprede…

  • Scientists Find Evidence of 1,000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation in the American Southwest

    A scarlet macawPhoto: Benjamint444 (Wikimedia Commons) DNA evidence appears to have revealed an ancient parrot-breeding operation in the southwestern United States, a new study reports. A team of researchers from several U.S. universities analyzed ancient scarlet macaw DNA to try to understand how so many scarlet macaw skeletons ended up outside their native range of…

  • Scientists Put Paint on Ants to Study How They Form Societies

    Illustration: Angelica Alzona (Gizmodo) Ants can do pretty amazing things when they work together, like building elaborate nests and even creating bridges from their bodies. One team of scientists wanted to know how these social insects figure out how to take on their various roles within a colony. Given that “survival of the fittest” is…

  • Quebec City’s New, Over-Designed Bike Racks Cost a Staggering $18,000 Each

    Québec à vélo by Para-Sol (left) and ABCyclette by Hatem+D Architecture (left).Photo: Para-Sol & Hatem+D Architecture Two years ago, the city commissioned designers to create a unique bike rack that was not only functional, but also an aesthetically-pleasing addition to Quebec City’s historic neighborhoods. As the CBC reports, of the 18 submissions received, two were…

  • ‘Hacking Attempt’ on Democratic National Committee Discovered 

    Photo: AP Earlier this week, someone attempted to infiltrate the system housing the Democratic Party’s voter file using a fake login page, Democratic officials and a leading cloud service provider told Gizmodo on Wednesday. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) was notified on Tuesday of an effort to collect the usernames and passwords of Democratic officials…

  • How Robots Could Help Autistic Children Improve Their Social Skills

    Lead researcher Brian Scassellati and a child interacting with Jibo the robot.Photo: Scassellati, et al (Science Robotics) As excited or terrified as we might be by the latest advances in robot technology, they’re still far from being the ubiquitous helpers portrayed in science fiction. But a new study published Wednesday in Science Robotics does seem…

  • Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Turn Pink to Communicate, but What Are They Saying?

    A “blushing” macaw, left.Image: Arielle Beraud Do you ever get so excited about something that your whole face starts to turn red? Well, it seems that blue-and-yellow macaws do the same thing, according to new research—though the exact reason they go red in the face is still unknown. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to…

  • Dictionary.com Is Very Tired of Your Thirsty Attempts to Get in the Dictionary

    Photo: Getty The Dictionary.com team would really like misguided or trolling internet users to stop asking them to add new words to the online dictionary. On Wednesday, a lexicographer at Dictionary.com addressed a viral tweet going around suggesting that the online dictionary would add a word to the dictionary if it got 50,000 retweets. The…