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The Whitest Paint Ever Created Is the Opposite of Vantablack, Basically

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By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Hydrogel Robot Hand Catches and Releases Live Fish

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By Michael Byrne
Tech

Behold, an Impossibly Tiny Single-Cylinder Engine Made of Paper

12.09.16

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Disney’s Hopping Robot Can Bounce Around a Room Without Your Help

10.09.16

By Diana Shi
Tech

Sumo Wrestling Is Better With Robots

05.25.16

By Nicholas Deleon
Food

How Cotton Candy Machines Will Soon Save Lives

02.10.16

By Alex Swerdloff
Tech

CERN Engineers Have to Identify and Disconnect 9,000 Obsolete Cables

01.27.16

By Victoria Turk
Tech

MIT Engineers Make Water Boil With the ‘Flip of a Switch’

11.12.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Forget Dark Energy: MIT Physicists Have Finally Cracked Overhand Knots

09.10.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

This Robot Can Punch Through Walls Thanks to ‘Human’ Reflexes

08.11.15

By Emiko Jozuka
I Disappeared in the Music and Motors of Zimoun’s Low-Tech Labyrinth

02.12.15

By Sami Emory
Tech

Watch MIT’s Amazing Fog Harvesters Produce Fresh Water in the Atacama Desert

05.14.14

By DJ Pangburn

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Music

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One popular podcaster argues that André 3000 is actually overrated because he never released a solo rap album.

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Alter Bridge Frontman Reveals Surprising Fear, Given His Profession, and the Last Encounter He Had With It

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Russell Simmons demands a hefty $100 million apology from HBO after airing a documentary with sexual assault allegations against him.

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