invisibility cloak

An example of an amphipod. Credit: Uwe Kils/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (light)

The Deep Sea Creatures That Hide from Predators By Turning Almost Fully Invisible

Neha C.V. and Ronak Gupta 28/12/2016

Some amphipods use a layer of small protuberances on...

The new PARLA laser in operation at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. The yellow-orange beam of the brilliant seven-watt laser is seen emerging from the dome of Unit Telescope 4 of the Very Large Telescope. In the background the Large Magellanic Cloud can also be seen. The laser creates an artificial star high in the atmosphere that can be used to correct images for the turbulence of the air and form much sharper pictures. Credit: European Southern Observatory, CC BY 4.0

How Could We Build an Invisibility Cloak to Hide Earth from an Alien Civilisation?

David Kipping 14/04/2016

An invisibility cloak could be a sort of insurance...