Considering the near-magical function mirrors perform, their construction is surprisingly simple. Most household mirrors are made of glass with a thin layer of metal backing (usually aluminum), and ...

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Choosing a makeup mirror is a bit like choosing a perfume: each mirror compact carries its own personality, meant to complement the person who will tote it around. For the timeless types in your life ...

Scientist Kate Adamala doesn’t remember exactly when she realized her lab at the University of Minnesota was working on something potentially dangerous — so dangerous in fact that some researchers ...

Kate Adamala had been working on something dangerous. At her synthetic biology lab, Adamala had been taking preliminary steps toward creating a living cell from scratch with one key twist: All the ...

In The Wormwood Star, a short film from 1956 by the under-known, idiosyncratic auteur Curtis Harrington, we see a pale woman striding regally, one foot shod, another bare, a pink shiny wrap trailing ...

A good mirror is only as effective as the lighting that surrounds it. That’s why having a lighted mirror is such a key part of acing your hair care or makeup routine. Sure, you can always adjust the ...

David Corsaro has been one of the most in-demand magicians and mentalists for the past 25 years. He is currently a featured performer at "Monday Night Magic", New York City's longest running ...

A category of synthetic organisms dubbed “mirror life,” whose component molecules are mirror images of their natural counterpart, could pose unprecedented risks to human life and ecosystems, according ...