Dead Alligators Dropped to the Bottom of the Sea Make for a Rare and Delicious Meal

An experiment to see how deep-sea creatures might react to the presence of an uncommon food source—alligator carcasses—has resulted in... [Gizmodo]( January 11, 2020 [Dead Alligators Dropped to the Bottom of the Sea Make for a Rare and Delicious Meal]( [An experiment to see how deep-sea creatures might react to the presence of an uncommon food source—alligator carcasses—has resulted in some fascinating new science.]( [Charter Communications]( [Spectrum Kills Home Security Business, Refuses Refunds for Owners of Now-Worthless Equipment]( [Spectrum customers who are also users of the company’s home security service are about a month away from being left with a pile of useless equipment that in many cases cost them hundreds of dollars.]( [Physics]( [A New Study Claims to Disprove Dark Energy—but Cosmologists Aren't Convinced]( [It would be really, really exciting if a single observation could completely overturn astrophysicists’ current understanding of the universe. But that hasn’t happened yet, at least with regards to dark energy.]( [Gadgets]( [Samsung Saved Its Best New TV Tech for the Wrong Damn TVs]( [Samsungs’s new line of 8K televisions for 2020 takes a pretty incredible new approach to sounds. With additional speakers built into the TV set, including two that face up towards the ceiling, Samsung is able to get incredible, almost surround-sound-like sound stage, in a TV about as thick as your...]( [Health]( [Americans' Body Temperature Has Been Dropping Since the 19th Century, Study Finds]( [A new study has found evidence that the average blood temperature of people in the U.S. has lowered over the past century and a half—probably because we’re in better health.]( [Politics]( [Iran Says It "Unintentionally" Shot Down Ukrainian Airlines Flight]( [Iran’s military admitted to “unintentionally” shooting down a Ukrainian International Airlines passenger jet that crashed shortly after takeoff earlier this week, per a recent Associated Press report.]( [Archaeology]( [Viking Runes Warned of a Climate Catastrophe, New Research Suggests]( [An updated interpretation of the famous Rök runestone suggests Vikings were preoccupied by the threat of a climate calamity.]( [News]( [Verizon Nixes Yearly TV and Internet Contracts in Attempt to Stop the Bleeding]( [Verizon is—and please, hold your laughter—evidently “disrupting the cable industry” by offering a build-your-own cable and internet plan with no annual contracts, and it claims there will be no extra fees. It’s almost like all those alternatives to bad cable plans are catching up to service providers.]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [The Takeout]( [Florida man refuses to pay for gold-plated steak he didn't order, Salt Bae calls cops]( [You know how sometimes something is so utterly ludicrous that it defies any sort of comedic commentary? Such is the carnival that exists around the Salt Bae: beloved meme, Instagram phenomenon, maestro of core strength, bachelor father of 13, and the man behind a global chain of obscenely expensive restaurants.]( [Jalopnik]( [Can I Trick A Dealer Into Thinking They Can Upsell Me In The Finance Office To Get A Better Deal...]( [As Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing an interesting strategy for getting a car deal, test drives on an affordable performance car, and inspections...]( [Jalopnik]( [Two GM Engineers Arrested For Street Racing C8 Corvettes]( [Two General Motors employees were taken to jail earlier this week after the Kentucky State Police busted them for allegedly street racing C8 Corvette test vehicles. The incident involving two company-owned Corvettes that you can’t even buy yet took place this past Wednesday in Bowling Green, Kentucky, home to the...]( [Jalopnik]( [One Of Climate Change's Biggest Contributors Is In Your Car, But It’s Not Coming From The Tailpipe]( [As you drive your internal combustion car, the engine is drinking gas, gobbling up air, and farting out a continuous stream of carbon dioxide, among other things. This is bad, because CO2 traps heat in the earth’s atmosphere, resulting in a runaway greenhouse effect that will leave earth a barren...]( [Jalopnik]( [Here's The 2020 Ford Bronco Prototype Showing Off]( [There is still so much we don’t know about Ford’s upcoming Bronco, set to be unveiled sometime this spring. We’re reasonably certain it will have an Ecoboost V6, an automatic transmission, and independent front suspension with a solid rear axle. It seems largely based on the Ranger, which is further...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Gizmodo]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Profile Center]( © 2020 Gizmodo Media Group 1540 Broadway, 27th Floor New York, NY 10036