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radioactive dust from a devastating tropic storm that hit several countries in southern Africa is building as the demise counting continues to rise and communities scramble to recover . The death toll from Tropical Storm Ana , which blow through Madagascar , Mozambique , and Malawi last week , stood at nearly 80 on Monday , while hundreds of thousands of people across the three countries have been affected by floods , great power outages , and heavy rains ....

As you could see form the picture , this is no ordinary boat paddle boat . In fact , when the exhilarate water fun is over , there ’s no pauperization to disembark . Just bump off a switch and tug home . The key component are the three bicycle , which morph from the boat paddle form you see in the image to a traditional wheel for demesne - based activities ....

Here ’s something I did n’t await to happen when I train my email this afternoon : a telecasting by Andy Milonakis ( ofThe Andy Milonakis Showfame ) show off his Blackberry Curve “ mod ” for Gizmodo reader . Thanks Andy ! We hope you palpate advantageously and do n’t produce any kind of dependency on all that Ambien . [ Youtube ] BlackBerryBlackberry curvecellphones Daily Newsletter Get the best technical school , science , and culture newsworthiness in your inbox daily ....

As the serious long - term consequences of “ pocket-sized ” brain hurt become recognized , the pauperization for good concussion trial becomes more obvious . In the absence of scanning devices beside every sporting area , a new blood test that reveals brain injuries may be the solution , indeed it may even do better than CT scans , while potentially being much cheap . Weeks ago the cricketing world watched in repugnance as Australian batsman Steve Smith was fell by a speeding delivery to the neck , pucker to the pitch before strike out hurt ....

Unless you ’ve been sucked into the iBubble , you ’ll probably acknowledge by now that Cowon do some jolly grand PMPs , like theS9 . Its latest model , the V5 HD , has just been outed and promises 720p viewing on its 4.8 - inch screen . https://gizmodo.com/cowon-s9-review-5134111 It ’s not just video playback which gets a look - in with the V5 , as Cowon ’s also include an RSS reader , Flash games and a T - DMB TV tuner if you want to spring extra lucre for it ....

Our gearhead sidekick over atJalopnikrecently engender a chance to take the insanely expensiveProtoscar Lampo , a solar - powered roadster , for a test spin . https://jalopnik.com/protoscar-lampo-first-drive-1-4-million-solar-power-5280230 The Lampo will never really be for sale because Protoscar is n’t an motorcar manufacturer . Instead , the image was design to show just what was potential with today ’s engineering . Because of that , the elevator car does n’t quite tug like its pricetag might make you expect ....

prow and pointer have evolved quite a act since the palaeolithic era . But one thing has n’t changed in 12,000 year . This has never been a athletics of unmixed attainment and power — its most elect competitors have always relied on the best gear of the years . Jake Kaminski , a 23 - year - old jock representing the USA in the 2012 Olympics , will take the top gadgets in the earth of archery to London this month ....

From time to time , researchers line up something that bring us closer to the futurity in a adult agency . The world of stanene — the world ’s first material to conduct electricity with 100 - percent efficiency — is one of them . https://gizmodo.com/move-over-graphene-the-wonder-conductor-of-the-future-1471032563 Daily Newsletter Get the best technical school , science , and acculturation news in your inbox daily . News from the futurity , delivered to your nowadays ....

Welcome to the first Gizmodo Monday Puzzle , a Modern serial in which I will pose thought - provoking challenges at the beginning of every hebdomad to jump your brain . I am a womb-to-tomb puzzle lover , sometime mystifier creator , and new Gizmodo puzzle writer . Many of the teasers posted here will be unmanageable — but they will be resolvable by the persistent among you , without the need for specialized knowledge or high - level mathematics ....

For indigenous environmental activist Tokata Iron Eyes , climate solutions are all about indigenous rights and culture . When Iron Eyes converge Swedish teenager activistGreta Thunberga couple of weeks ago and realise Thunberg feel the same way , she bid Thunberg to her ancestral motherland . The two 16 - year - olds forged a friendship — not much different , I imagine , from the girlfriend I made when I was a unseasoned woman ....

The Rosetta spacecraft has been chamfer comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko for more than a decade . Now , with reaching less than a week aside , the distance between the ballistic capsule and its fair game is rapidly shrink . Meanwhile , Rosetta persist in to give clear-cut and clearer images of the double - lobed“rubber ducky comet . ” https://gizmodo.com/the-rosetta-spacecraft-is-headed-for-this-giant-whirli-1606682402 The look-alike above was capture Tuesday byRosetta’sOSIRIS ( opthalmic , Spectroscopic , and Infrared Remote Imaging System ) narrow - slant camera , from a distance of 1,950 klick ( about 1200 mile ) , dedicate the image a resolution of about 37 meters per pixel ....

Google’sNexus 10 tablethas make it , designed to serve as Android ’s flagship result to the iPad and Surface . But is the thing worth its exercising weight in common salt ? We compared the Nexus 10 to the other top young tablets to line up out . https://gizmodo.com/nexus-10-tablet-everything-you-need-to-know-5955825 On the guts front , the Samsung - manufactured Nexus 10 is more or less in line with the other big name pill , matching or outgo the eyeglasses of the contention in most categories ....

A Brazilian toucan that lost half her beak has been equip with a 3D - print prosthetic . The female toucan , called Tieta by her savior , was rescued from a wildlife fair in Rio de Janeiro after being trafficked by smugglers , consort to theBBC . There are contravene reports as to how Tieta lose part of her upper beak , but it may have been make by mistreatment from smugglers or an approach by a larger bird in theodolite ....