The Onion and GMG Unions are saddened to report that our colleagues at Gizmodo Español, a site that once housed original, quality Spanish-language reporting, have been replaced en masse by an AI translation service.

As Isaac Schultz reports, Webb has studied its first potential water world gizmodo.com/webb-telescope…

Ever wondered what trilobites ate for dinner? This fossilized stomach offers some tantalizing clues, as Isaac Schultz reports. gizmodo.com/trilobite-foss…

Deep gratitude to Aaron Burch for choosing my poem for HAD. I am so moved to know that it resonates with many of you.

Jezebel was a good website. Our statement:

absolutely obsessed with this Sabrina Imbler piece about dodos, mammoths, thylacines, humans, hubris, and what makes a species! defector.com/what-kind-of-f…

Thanks for sharing (checks notes) Albert Einstein

😎 Science is cool.... gizmodo.com/lisa-space-bas… Gizmodo Isaac Schultz

One of the craziest stories of the week is by Isaac Schultz, who illuminated us about the AI images published in a scientific journal. The images feature "rat dck," a very large and inaccurate design of just what you're thinking of. 😵‍💫 gizmodo.com/rat-dck-among-…

Where Do Humans Fit in the Universe? This Physicist Wants to Change Your Perspective Isaac Schultz Gizmodo gizmodo.com/matt-strassler…

Of course, there was my magnum opus, in which I forced a theoretical physicist to write a paper exploring how it's possible that Elmo is still 3.5 years old. Possible answers include: there could be a tiny black hole at his house gizmodo.com/elmo-age-birth…

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Isaac Schultz kindly interviewed me for his Gizmodo article about the new Ptychodus paper, where I gave my thoughts about its classification (link in the replies).

A great article put together by Isaac Schultz discussing AI-generated imagery and its place in palaeoart. Isaac kindly invited me to give my 2 cents! gizmodo.com/paleontologist…

I, and other palaeontologists, share our pessimistic thoughts at the rise and normalisation of AI imagery in palaeontology in this article by Isaac Schultz gizmodo.com/paleontologist…

ATLAS OBSCURA: WILD LIFE comes out today! i've been working on this book for years and years. i'm so excited for it to scamper into the world and introduce people to decoy spiders, pink fairy armadillos, crested saguaro cactuses, and a lot more. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cara-gi…

Our second annual Gizmodo Science Fair is out! Check out the 11 winners: gizmodo.com/2024-gizmodo-s…