Rose Pastore, Author at Gizmodo

The Winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair

A light-propelled spacecraft, infinitely recyclable plastic, and other inspiring projects earned trophies at this year's Science Fair.

Science Rose Pastore Sep 24 '24

SpaceX Starship Version 2, Life Extension for Dogs, and More Top Science News of the Week

This week's biggest science stories include a future Moon base and a Stone Age cemetery.

Science Rose Pastore Dec 2 '23

The Winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair

Human composting, NASA's DART mission, male birth control, and more thrilling projects earned trophies at the first annual Gizmodo Science Fair.

Science Rose Pastore Mar 1 '23

New Northernmost Island Discovered Above Greenland

Researchers found the strip of land while collecting samples in the Arctic.

Earth Science Rose Pastore Aug 30 '21

Photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images

The 9 Best Photos of This Morning’s Sunrise Eclipse

The Sun rose as a crescent over many parts of the world on Thursday morning.

Space & Spaceflight Rose Pastore Jun 10 '21

Listen to the Incredible Sound of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Flying on Mars

A microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover has managed to capture the sounds made by Ingenuity during the helicopter’s fourth flight on Mars. It marks the first time that a machine on another planet has captured the sounds made by another vehicle. “This is a very good surprise,” David Mimoun, science lead for the SuperCam Mars…

Space & Spaceflight Rose Pastore May 7 '21

Physicists Discover the Elusive Odderon, First Predicted 50 Years Ago

Scientists are celebrating the long-sought discovery of the odderon, a strange phenomenon that appears only rarely when protons collide at high energies, such as inside particle accelerators. Though the odderon was first predicted to exist in the early 1970s, it wasn’t until recently that physicists finally gathered the data they needed at CERN’s Large Hadron…

Physics & Chemistry Rose Pastore Mar 19 '21

The Biggest Science News of 2020

[Yelling into a cavernous chamber as supernovae explode in the dark and a gust of hot wind comes whistling through] SCIENCE!!!! Now that, friends, is how you introduce a science year-end list. Like everything else in 2020, science had one hell of a year. There were thrilling highs, like the record speed of creating coronavirus…

Reviews Rose Pastore & Brian Kahn Dec 31 '20

CDC Finally Acknowledges That Covid-19 Can Be Airborne

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday updated its covid-19 guidance to say that the coronavirus can spread through aerosols, not just large droplets. This is an important distinction because it means that maintaining 6 feet of distance indoors is not always enough to prevent transmission. Virus-containing aerosols can linger in the air…

Health Rose Pastore Oct 5 '20

‘Extremely Brilliant’ X-Ray Beams Are About to Revolutionize How We See Into Matter

A new way of producing powerful X-ray beams—the brightest on Earth—is now making it possible to create 3D images of matter at astounding resolutions. This “Extremely Brilliant Source” officially opened last month at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France, and scientists are already using it to study the coronavirus behind covid-19. These X-ray beams…

Physics & Chemistry Rose Pastore Sep 24 '20

Image: Michael A. Cohen, Thomas L. Botch, and Caroline E. Robertson

You May Not See as Much Color as You Think You Do

If everything in your peripheral vision suddenly changed from color to black and white, would you notice? There’s a good chance you wouldn’t—in a new study involving virtual reality, most people never realized that their surroundings had abruptly desaturated. The results add to a large body of research suggesting we often perceive much less of…

Tech News Rose Pastore Jun 18 '20

Nevertheless, She Combusted [Update: She’ll Not?]

Update 6pm ET: This is possibly a hoax—but reportedly not. CBS Los Angeles, which originally reported the supposed campaign, has deleted its story, and Shell has not responded to Gizmodo’s request to confirm its legitimacy. (Sam Gavin’s tweet above, which contained a video promoting the “She Will” campaign, has also been deleted.) On the flip…

Climate Change Rose Pastore Mar 6 '20

The Only Known Sound in Space Is This ‘Singing’ Black Hole

Everyone knows there is no sound in space. After all, a sound wave requires a medium, like air or water, to travel through, and space is mostly a vacuum. But in studying a nearby galaxy cluster, astronomers detected a true occurrence of sound in space—and in this case, the incredibly deep sound was coming from…

Tech News Rose Pastore Aug 9 '18

What Caused Carnegie Hall to Lose Its Famous Acoustics in 1986?

In May 1986, the venerated Carnegie Hall concert venue in New York City shut down for 30 weeks of major repairs. The beautiful music hall had hosted legends including Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Judy Garland, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, and The Beatles, but after nearly 100 years, the building was in serious need of…

Tech News Rose Pastore Aug 4 '18

Hear the Aztec ‘Death Whistle’ That Mystified Scientists

In the 1990s, archeologists in Mexico City unearthed a 500-year-old skeleton near an ancient Aztec temple—a victim of human sacrifice. A grisly discovery, yes, but perhaps even more chilling was what the beheaded skeleton was holding: two small whistles, one in the shape of a skull. When a researcher blew into one of the tiny instruments,…

Tech News Rose Pastore Jul 26 '18

What Caused the Loudest Underwater Sound Ever Recorded?

In 1997, scientists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were recording the sounds of underwater volcanic activity when they picked up a noise that was so incredibly loud—louder than any underwater sound ever detected—that they initially thought it must be an equipment malfunction. But then another underwater microphone picked up the same noise……

Tech News Rose Pastore Jul 19 '18

What’s Causing the Mysterious Hums Heard Around the World?

People in cities around the world—from Taos, New Mexico, to Windsor, Ontario, to Blackburn, England, to Auckland, New Zealand—have reported hearing strange humming noises that have no obvious source. The hums are often compared to the sound of idling trucks, and for the people who can hear them, they can be maddening, causing nausea and…

Tech News Rose Pastore Jul 12 '18

Don’t Use Spray Sunscreen

I love sunscreen. I wear it everyday—even in the winter, even when it’s overcast. Applying sunscreen regularly is one of the few things you can do to directly prevent cancer (skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the US). It’s also the best anti-aging product you can use. Do you know why…

Health Rose Pastore Jul 4 '18

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The Winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair

SpaceX Starship Version 2, Life Extension for Dogs, and More Top Science News of the Week

The Winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair

New Northernmost Island Discovered Above Greenland

The 9 Best Photos of This Morning’s Sunrise Eclipse

Listen to the Incredible Sound of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Flying on Mars

Physicists Discover the Elusive Odderon, First Predicted 50 Years Ago

The Biggest Science News of 2020

CDC Finally Acknowledges That Covid-19 Can Be Airborne

‘Extremely Brilliant’ X-Ray Beams Are About to Revolutionize How We See Into Matter

You May Not See as Much Color as You Think You Do

Nevertheless, She Combusted [Update: She’ll Not?]

The Only Known Sound in Space Is This ‘Singing’ Black Hole

What Caused Carnegie Hall to Lose Its Famous Acoustics in 1986?

Hear the Aztec ‘Death Whistle’ That Mystified Scientists

What Caused the Loudest Underwater Sound Ever Recorded?

What’s Causing the Mysterious Hums Heard Around the World?

Don’t Use Spray Sunscreen

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