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Tech

The Best Optical Illusions of 2021 Will Mess With Your Head

01.05.22

By Matthew Gault
Giant Glitch Architecture Illusions Overtake the Smithsonian

06.08.17

By Kevin Holmes
Travel

Impossible Photos of a Twin Sister Who Never Existed

11.14.16

By Masha (Maria) Koblyakova
Tech

You Will Never Be Invisible

07.06.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

How the Morphing Cylinders of the ‘Illusion of the Year’ Work

07.02.16

By Michael Byrne
Illusionistic Paintings Intervene on London Phone Booths

06.07.16

By Nathaniel Ainley
Tech

Black-and-White Op Art Visualizes Energy, Oscillations, and Frequencies

04.22.16

By Kevin Holmes
Entertainment

Trip on ‘Aerial Paintings’ with Artist Tom Shannon

04.20.16

By DJ Pangburn
Travel

Artist Shatters the Earth with CGI-Free Photography Tricks

04.07.16

By Beckett Mufson
Music

River Tiber Connects With Pusha T and Kaytranada for “Illusions”

03.30.16

By Byron Yan
Entertainment

These Charming Optical Illusions Pop Off the Page | Monday Insta Illustrator

03.14.16

By Beckett Mufson
Entertainment

How to Create Physics-Defying Illusions with Water

03.02.16

By DJ Pangburn

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Music

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Dad Rock and Cigarette Mom genres often boil down to a simple concept: mainstream music that white people like. Here’s more of that.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and bots to scam millions from streaming platforms since 2017, and now must face the music.

4 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

6 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

6 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

Scientists Discovered a New Dinosaur Species in South Korea, and It’s Named After a Cartoon

Paleontologists in South Korea have identified a new dinosaur species and named it after a beloved Korean cartoon character.

6 hours ago

By Luis Prada