[Simon] is well aware of the ongoing war between different methods of creating the “Blackest Black”, and he thinks he’s put his money (and by extension, his backer’s) money on the winner.

Vantablack is a special coating material, moreso than a paint. It’s well-known as one of the blackest possible coatings around, capable of absorbing almost all visible light in its nanotube ...

It all traces back to this artist, Diemut Strebe. In 2014, she set out on a mission to find the blackest black. Her goal was to make a diamond disappear. Diemut Strebe: This project explores how ...

The two dove headfirst into the online community of fountain-pen enthusiasts and started producing informational videos, blog posts and reviews, all in the name of becoming a trusted resource.

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New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain pen from an ... reliable and made to hold a lot of ink". "When I get an artisanal Indian pen, I look for individual craft instead ...

During the 12th century A.D., a king known to Europeans as Prester John supposedly ruled a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth. But the name linked most closely to the search for ...

And yet, the Blackest season of “Love is Blind” to date has many of us on the edge of our seats — or, in some cases, just on ...

Here are the Blackest cities in Brazil you should have on your bucket travel list. Salvador: The Heart of Afro-Brazilian ...

The more I’ve listened to the record over the years, which I do fairly often, the more it feels like an album both created of its time but also eternally, as one of the Blackest offerings ever ...

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Nick Fountain is a reporter and co-host of Planet Money, where he covers the cracks in our economy that explain how the world works. At Planet Money, he's driven the world's longest yard sale ...