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Tech

Watch the Trippy, First-Ever Footage of a Time Crystal

02.26.21

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Who Needs Drugs When You Can Watch Magnetic Liquid Under a Microscope

04.19.17

By Beckett Mufson
Tech

Watch Microorganisms Play ‘Pac-Man’ for Science

07.03.16

By Leif Johnson
Tech

This Light-Stretching Microscope Hunts for Cancer at 36M Frames Per Second

04.21.16

By David Silverberg
Tech

How to Turn Your Smartphone Into a Microscope

04.01.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

Watch the Beautiful ‘Death Throes’ of a Single-Celled Organism

12.13.15

By Melissa Cronin
Tech

Tears Under a Microscope Will Give You All the Feels

09.25.15

By Emily Kirkpatrick
Entertainment

Rat Brains and Fly Larvae Win Microscope Photography Competition

12.16.14

By Emerson Rosenthal
Tech

Up Close, Dried Whiskey Looks Like the Cosmos

11.26.14

By Beckett Mufson
Entertainment

Elegant Nanosculptures Fit Comfortably Inside the Eye of a Needle

11.13.14

By Beckett Mufson
Travel

Magnified Smartphone Screens Create Pixelated Masterpieces

11.05.14

By Beckett Mufson
Travel

These Glittering Mandalas Aren’t Crystals—They’re Microscopic Organisms

09.19.14

By Beckett Mufson

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Music

The Red Hot Chili Peppers Classic That Anthony Kiedis Insisted Wasn’t the Right Fit for the Band

In 1991, the Red Hot Chili Peppers released a surprising song that showcased a softer side of the L.A. funk-rock misfits.

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Who would you choose if you were setting up punk collabs? Here are three hypothetical pairings we’d love to see on split albums.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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Kurt Cobain Credited This Band for Getting Him Off His ‘Macho Punk Rock Trip’ As a Teen

Kurt Cobain reveals the band that helped radically adjust his perspective and embrace a more ‘feminine’ outlook.

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