AN ICY-BLUE DOME STANDS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A HARSH, RED LANDSCAPE. This mysterious frosty globe guards a band of pioneers against the unforgiving Martian environment. This isn’t a sci-fi story, buddy. This is NASA’s ambitious new concept for living on Mars. While working alongside a group of expert architects and designers from industry and academia, an unlikely material for building these chill-pads was proposed … Continue reading
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Why has Pokémon Go struck such a chord? A Lapsus investigation.
THERE IS A NEW GLOBAL EPIDEMIC, it has kids and adults alike mindlessly roaming alleyways, searching dark bushes at night, and trespassing private property for that sweet, sweet hit. The other day I was a passenger in my brother’s car, cruising as we do. When out of nowhere one of the victims stepped in front … Continue reading
Anish Kapoor and Vantablack: the blackest black ever
THE BLACKEST SHADE OF BLACK EVER is known as Vantablack, and British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor has been given the exclusive artistic licence to use it. “It’s so black you almost can’t see it,” Kapoor told BBC Radio 4. “Imagine a space that’s so dark that as you walk in you lose all sense of where you are, … Continue reading