Just How White Can White Paint Get?
It’s common sense: When it’s hot outside, don’t put on a dark shirt—wear white instead. A team of researchers at…
2023
Pulverized Glass Is Becoming Much-Needed Sand Along Louisiana’s Coasts
Glass Half Full and Tulane University researchers are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for recycling glass bottles and…
Spaceflight Pioneer SpinLaunch Aims for Liftoff—No Rocket Fuel Required
SpinLaunch is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for seeking to build a groundbreaking centrifugal launch system that…
A Male Birth Control Gel Is the Field’s Most Promising Option in Years
Scientists at the Population Council, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation…
Recompose’s Human Composting Is a Respectful, Newly Legal Death Care Option
Human composting company Recompose is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a greener death care option.…
‘You Are Not Leaving Without Us’: Why Disabled Astronauts Are Key to Humanity’s Future in Space
“I went silent,” Dwayne Fernandes told me. “I shut the hell up.” Fernandes, a double-amputee since the age of 11,…
The World’s Whitest Paint Is Also the Coolest
Purdue University engineers are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for making the world’s whitest paints. Read more…
With a New Gel, the Future of Male Birth Control Looks Bright
The invention of birth control provided women with a degree of reproductive freedom that past generations never had, and today…
Solar Panels Over California’s Canals Could Save Water While Making Clean Energy
Solar AquaGrid, the University of California Merced, Turlock Irrigation District, and the California Department of Water Resources are winners of…
Can NASA Get Its Experimental Electric Plane Off the Ground?
120 years ago, Orville and Wilbur Wright piloted their gasoline-powered biplane for a record-breaking 12-second flight, the first successful, powered…