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Invisibility

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Science Note

Researchers around the world are developing “invisibility cloaks” that someday could work as well as the one that kept Harry Potter out of harm’s way. This week’s note on emerging science describes invisibility work that’s underway at the University of Texas.

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Chuck Klosterman on ‘The Visible Man’

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