Margherita Bassi is a freelance journalist and trilingual storyteller. Besides Gizmodo, her work has appeared in publications including BBC Travel, Smithsonian Magazine, Discover Magazine, Live Science, Atlas Obscura, and Hidden Compass.
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A volunteer in Germany may have linked a medieval wheel cross to a mold unearthed four decades ago.
A snorkeler in Australia found a shell tagged with a strangely specific number, kickstarting an online mystery about its origins.
Some microbes can squeeze through tight spaces by wrapping themselves in their flagellum—the tail-like structure they use to move. Also, how adorable are those little guys?
Researchers have taught horses to communicate their preferences with symbols.
It seems like glaciers weren't helpful in the construction of the famous prehistoric monument.
Did we mention it's mysterious?
A newly dated Indonesian cave painting may be 1,100 years older than the world’s oldest known rock art, but not everyone is convinced by the evidence.
Here's what scientists discovered when they investigated the health of three types of video gamers in Australia.
Gut microbes can make people drunk without booze. Scientists now know which ones to blame.
The shipwreck is exceptionally preserved and provides the first archaeological confirmation of features seen in illustrations.
The over 2,400-year-old ceramist's stylus likely features Dionysus...and his other bits.
And they've proposed two "kind of crazy" ideas for how it got there.
Mount Vesuvius preserved the ancient city's water system, including evidence of filth.
Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart.
The use of poisoned weapons 60,000 years ago would have required big brain power.
A "boring" time period may not have been so boring after all.
New research sheds light on the ancestors that gave rise to Neanderthals, Denisovans—and us.
The 2025 tsunami is shattering old models, thanks to observations from space.
Time-restricted eating without a change in how much you eat doesn't seem to do anything for your metabolic health.
A person goes to the emergency room in the U.S. every 10 seconds over an allergic reaction to food. Could this gadget bring the numbers down?