New Analysis Confirms Oldest Mariner's Astrolabe Ever Found
Scientists have confirmed that a gunmetal disk uncovered off the coast of Oman is the oldest known mariner’s astrolabe,…
World War I-Era German Submarine Resurfaces From the Sand Near French Coast
The remains of SM UC-61, a World War I German minelaying submarine (also known as a U-boat) is resurfacing on the coast…
Skull Soup, Viking Tech, and More: The Wildest Archaeological Discoveries of 2018
Archaeologists dug up a lot of cool stuff in 2018, but they dug up a lot of weird, disgusting, and disturbing stuff as…
Egyptian Officials Are Pissed About an Alleged Nude Photoshoot on the Great Pyramid
Egyptian authorities are not very happy with a video taken by Danish photographer Andreas Hvid, who climbed what…
Ancient Black Plague Found in Swedish Gravesite
Long before the two deadliest pandemics in history—the Plague of Justinian and the Black Plague—an ancient strain of…
The Biggest Science Stories of 2018
This year taught us more about distant planets and our own world, about the ways we’re influencing our environment and…
Gaze Upon the Reconstructed Face of an Infamous 19th Century British Assassin
One of the most intriguing items on display at the Queen Mary Pathology Museum—the skull belonging to British assassin…
Incredible Bird-Dinosaur Specimen Thrills Scientists After 25 Years in Museum Storage
A museum might wow you with all of its fossil specimens on display, but that’s often just a small part of what’s really…
Two Teens Discovered a 6,000-Year-Old Stone Ax at Mount Vernon
A group of students last month was involved with the discovery of a stone artifact nearly 6,000 years old while on a…
Report: Hurricane Michael's Storm Surge Dredged Up 119-Year-Old Vessels Wrecked By Carrabelle Hurricane
Hurricane Michael, an unprecedented storm that slammed into the Florida Panhandle at Category 4 strength, may well be…
New Theory Explains Why Europe's Original Dogs Vanished
The first farmers to arrive in Europe from the Middle East brought their dogs along with them, effectively wiping out…
Memory Week, Amazon, and Seafloor Sludge: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
It’s September 30th, 2018, and the theme of the last week was memory. Not just at Gizmodo, where we wrapped up Memory…
Octopuses on Ecstasy, Weight-Loss Scams, and Neutron Stars: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
The tech and science world has had a very interesting week: Researchers have discovered what happens when you give our…
The EU Copyright Directive, Starforce, Ray-Tracing and Apple: Best Gizmodo Posts of the Week
The European Union passed its disastrous Copyright Directive this week, including amended versions of its onerous…
Scientists Find Evidence of 1,000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation in the American Southwest
DNA evidence appears to have revealed an ancient parrot-breeding operation in the southwestern United States, a new…
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…
Sunken Russian Warship Rumored to Contain 200 Tons of Gold Discovered Near South Korea
A missing Russian Imperial Navy cruiser said to contain 200 tons of gold bullion worth an estimated $133 billion has…
Extinct Gibbon Species Found in Tomb of Ancient Chinese Noblewoman
A certain Chinese noblewoman—potentially Lady Xia, grandmother to the first emperor of China—had a menagerie buried…
Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing the Earth Since Well Before the Industrial Revolution
It’s no secret that modern humans, with our fuel-burning cars, massive ranching and agriculture practices, and penchant…
These Are the Oldest Known Footprints on the Planet
An international team of researchers is claiming to have discovered the world’s oldest footprints. Dating back a…