January 2019 is nearly over and — for now — so is the month - plus federal government closedown that blanketed national parksin filth and demolition , play with disturbing consequences for the nationwide“air safety environment,”threw offdisaster preparation campaign , split up federal websites , anddisrupted scientific conferences . But just like an illegal Airbnb , the shutdown maycome back in three weeks , worse and more thwarting than ever .

While we all wait for the omnipresent cloud of day of reckoning to return , might I propose you dig into the best posts from this week on Gizmodo , boast everything from bounty huntersbuying phone location dataand theevolution of neuroscienceto eyebrow - raisingmonkey cloning experimentsand aShazam set sojourn . This and more below :

https://gizmodo.com/ajit-pai-and-republicans-in-congress-helped-enable-boun-1832030913

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Illustration: Jim Cooke (Gizmodo); Photo: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore / National Park Service (Flickr); Screenshot: Science China Press; Graphic: Gizmodo

https://gizmodo.com/neither-amazon-nor-chase-will-give-me-a-straight-answer-1831882327

https://gizmodo.com/how-a-periodic-table-of-brains-could-revolutionize-neur-1831622367

https://gizmodo.com/the-wild-dunes-of-indiana-are-in-a-fight-to-survive-1831982795

Argentina’s President Javier Milei (left) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., holding a chainsaw in a photo posted to Kennedy’s X account on May 27. 2025.

https://gizmodo.com/steven-universe-just-gave-the-fandom-everything-it-ever-1831950935

https://gizmodo.com/why-do-we-forget-1831865406

https://gizmodo.com/this-keytar-learns-the-chords-so-you-dont-have-to-1832016994

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https://gizmodo.com/a-collision-with-another-planet-may-have-seeded-earth-w-1831984838

https://gizmodo.com/how-brands-think-they-can-make-a-buck-off-climate-chang-1831965107

https://gizmodo.com/9-michael-crichton-sci-fi-movies-that-dont-involve-dino-1831682491

Starship Test 9

https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-facebook-out-of-my-life-surprisingly-i-missed-i-1830565456

https://gizmodo.com/chinas-latest-cloned-monkey-experiment-is-an-ethical-me-1831987348

https://gizmodo.com/how-mlk-s-vision-helped-lay-the-groundwork-for-a-green-1831848641

Lilo And Stitch 2025

https://gizmodo.com/attack-the-blocks-director-is-finally-back-with-a-movie-1831965064

https://gizmodo.com/i-tried-to-block-amazon-from-my-life-it-was-impossible-1830565336

https://gizmodo.com/how-shazam-will-use-childlike-wonder-to-set-it-apart-fr-1831816883

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