Why Webb Telescope’s Image Processors Are Astronomy Superstars
The Webb Space Telescope image processors are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for translating the observatory’s infrared data…
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NASA’s X-57 Maxwell Could Bring Aviation Into the Electric Future
NASA’s X-57 Maxwell team is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for designing a fully electric propulsion aircraft…
How Airborne DNA Could Revolutionize Conservation
Elizabeth Clare’s airborne eDNA project is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for demonstrating a way to use…
A New Heart-Thymus Transplant Could Someday Let Kids Live Without Anti-Rejection Drugs
Scientists and surgeons at Duke University are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for pioneering a combination heart-thymus transplant…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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,…
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.…