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iPhone 13 preorders kicked off for more than a week ago, and if you didn’t get your order in early, good luck. Overwhelming demand for the latest iPhones has caused Apple’s estimated shipping times to creep up as the days have gone by. While ship dates were expected to start in mid-September for some of the devices…

It’s been over three years since we last checked in with the kids (who are now fully teens in high school at this point) of Hawkins, Indiana—and Stranger Things’ fourth season won’t arrive on Netflix until 2022. But we now have a new trailer for the nostalgia-loving sci-fi horror sensation’s next installment thanks to…

Because you presumably read Gizmodo, you, too, may suffer from semi-annual realization that—my god—I’ve spent years of my life thinking about Facebook and Republicans. You’re probably also aware that no place on the internet captures this dread better than William Gibson’s Twitter feed.

While surveys have shown a large share of unvaccinated workers threatening to quit over a mandate, the reality is that companies with mandates have generally seen less than 1% leave rather than get a shot.

An international group of scientists is warning pregnant people about the over-the-counter painkiller acetaminophen. In a consensus statement released this week, they argue that enough evidence has emerged to suggest that acetaminophen could be more harmful to take while pregnant than currently thought. They’re now…

The water flowing from a medieval fountain in the Italian village of Fontecchio bubbles with extraterrestrial effervescence.

Unprecedented insight into brain activity.

Titan Books and award-winning sci-fi scribe Pat Cadigan bring Gibson’s discarded "Alien 3" draft to life

Researchers haven’t pinned down exactly what’s behind the rise of the deadly fungal disease. But one thing is nearly certain: Climate change plays a role.

It seems like every week, another rocket is launched into space carrying rovers to Mars, tourists or, most commonly, satellites.

Starlink may have a new capability beyond broadband Internet.

Falcon Heavy is now scheduled to loft Astranis' first commercial communications satellite to orbit next spring, the San Francisco-based company announced Thursday (Sept. 23).

Of all of the features associated with our sun, sunspots are by far the most conspicuous.

Simple and effective.

Snakes have evolved highly adapted fangs that act as a delivery system for toxins.

The Southwestern United States is experiencing the worst drought in the region's history, a new NOAA report finds.

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are part of a new study that could help unlock the potential of superfluids—essentially frictionless special substances capable of unstopped motion once initiated. A team of scientists led by Mishkat Bhattacharya, an associate professor at RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy and Future Photon Initiative, proposed a new method for detecting superfluid motion in an article published in Physical Review Letters.

As if we needed any more problems, passengers from hell are a thing now (or more a thing than before, anyway). They assault flight attendants, toss food and alcohol around, and throw their masks on the ground. Delta Air Lines has apparently had enough.

We need better standards.

Flashing through the atmosphere, the rock exploded in a massive fireball about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above the ground.

Don't try this at home.

Energy access is a big issue for businesses in Africa, but can the continent go green as well?

Jason Momoa has making the rounds in support of Dune lately, but there’s another project on the horizon that will soon become his main talking point: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, sequel to James Wan’s 2018 blockbuster about the frequently underwater DC Comics hero. That film is now in production and the cast, which…

Pledges made at the UN have lifted hopes for the Glasgow summit, but some major questions remain.

In 2014, some very pervy creeps stole some very personal iCloud photos from some very high-profile celebs and put them on the open web, creating one very specific PR crisis for Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook. The company was about to roll out Apple Pay as part of its latest software update, a process that took more than a…