This is a story about camouflage, but forget mud-blob brown, mealy beige and somber green. Here scientists study mirror glitz and the paradoxical notion that there’s a shiny side to camo. Mirrorlike ...

The Shiny Balls Mirror is means to create a digital picture through analog display. Aside from its too cool for school appearance, the spec sheet behind the image is just as impressive. 819 motors ...

Glints of light from specular reflection of the Sun are a technosignature of artificial satellites. If extraterrestrial intelligences have left artifacts in the solar system, these may include flat ...

Imagine getting ready without a mirror. No checking your hair, no fixing your collar, no silly faces at your reflection. But for most of history, people had no shiny glass to look into. The mirror, ...