99% Invisible: Their Dark Materials

Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we’re featuring 99% Invisible’s “Their Dark Materials.” Vantablack is a pigment that reaches a level of darkness that’s so intense, it’s kind of upsetting. It’s so black it’s like looking at a hole cut out of the universe. If it looks unreal, it’s because Vantablack isn’t actually a color, it’s a form of nanotechnology. It was created by the tech industry for the tech industry, but this strange dark material would also go on to turn the art world on its head.

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99% Invisible: Their Dark Materials is an episode from Science Rules! with Bill Nye by Stitcher.

This episode is 00:40:39 long.

This episode was published on May 13, 2021.

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