What makes something red, or blue, or green? It’s all in the way light bounces off its surface. Something that primarily reflects light with shorter wavelengths will appear bluer, while something that reflects longer wavelengths will appear redder. By playing around with that principle, scientists have created a material that,…
There are two types of people in this world. People like Adam Hillman, an artist who sees colourful patterns and gradients in random objects, and the rest of us dull schmucks who just see Post-it notes, lollipops and breakfast cereals without ever imagining them to be something else. Thankfully, Hillman…
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