Bronze Age Humans Got High on Psychoactive Betel Nuts Gizmodo By:Margherita Bassi 2 August 2025 at 14:00 Researchers found a way to "make the invisible visible," revealing an ancient drug practice.
Watch a Reconstructed 250-Year-Old Robotic Painting Bring a Fiery Mount Vesuvius Back to Life Gizmodo By:Margherita Bassi 30 July 2025 at 15:35 An 18th-century British ambassador to Italy was so fascinated by volcanoes that he designed a multimedia device to make watercolor lava seem like it's moving.
Missionaries Are Targeting Isolated Tribes in Brazil With Solar-Powered Audio Devices, Investigation Finds Gizmodo By:Margherita Bassi 30 July 2025 at 11:00 The device is called "Messenger" and recites biblical readings in multiple languages.
Archaeologists Discover Tomb of Maya King Who Founded a 460-Year Dynasty Gizmodo By:Margherita Bassi 19 July 2025 at 12:00 Three burials are challenging a widespread notion about the interactions between Mesoamerican cultures.
Researchers Solve 130-Year-Old Literary Mystery Involving Elves, Wolves, and a Medieval Meme Gizmodo By:Margherita Bassi 16 July 2025 at 20:02 Scholars may have been misreading verses from a 12th-century sermon for over a century.
Neanderthals Spread Across Asia With Surprising Speedβand Now We Know How Gizmodo By:Margherita Bassi 14 June 2025 at 12:00 A new study suggests our prehistoric cousins likely traveled through the Ural Mountains and southern Siberia.