Scientists Make Material That Can Morph Into Anything With the Pull of a String

Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into ...
Interesting Engineering

Single string pull turns flat designs into 3D structures for modular space habitats

A new single-string method lets flat designs deploy into complex 3D structures, with potential uses in modular space habitats ...
Smithsonian Magazine

From Crushed Sugar Cubes to Exploded Ceramics, This Universal Law Predicts How Most Objects Will Shatter

When a delicate object crashes onto the floor, most people expect it to shatter into several pieces. What they might not know, however, is that the sizes of those fragments—whether from a broken plate ...
The Guardian

C of E to challenge Tommy Robinson’s ‘put Christ back into Christmas’ message

Church leaders respond to far-right appropriation of Christian symbols with ‘Outsiders welcome’ message The Church of England is to launch a poster campaign aimed at challenging the anti-migrant ...
IGN

Where Winds Meet Players Are Using the 'Solid Snake Method' to Trick AI Chatbot NPCs Into Skipping Sidequests

Where Winds Meet players are taking a novel approach to solving riddles by… simply telling the game's AI-powered chatbot NPCs that they have solved the game's riddles. The Wuxia open-world ...
Phys.org

New universal law predicts how most objects shatter, from dropped bottles to exploding bubbles

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...
Gizmodo

Whatever Happened to String Theory?

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 7 minutes ...
The Conversation

String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...
Polygon

How to collect dangerous objects in a donut storm in Fortnite

If you miss the donut storms the first go around, you'll need to survive until the next Storm Circle closes. You can avoid all of the donuts falling from the sky and safely pick up what you've already ...
Foreign Affairs

How to Put IR Theory Into Practice

America’s grand strategy is in turmoil. Over the past decade, power shifts, territorial disputes, and the faltering of international institutions have fueled an increasingly heated debate about what ...
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'I've Asked Pam To Look Into It': Trump Openly Plans To End Democracy, Wants His Critics To Be 'Put In Jail' During Oval Office Tirade

Donald Trump signed a memorandum from the Oval Office last month to deploy troops in Memphis. During his remarks, Trump went on a tirade lashing out at protestors who crashed his restaurant visit in D ...