Invisibility cloak was a term before Harry Potter. Nagine: Have you ever seen those people who are painted into a pattern on the wall? Yeah. That sounds like what that book was about, which is more just like an arts and crafts project. If they position themselves just right, all the patterns of paint, they just disappear into the wall. I've seen models do that and others, you know, who don't mind people painting on their bodies,. this sort of thing.
Can you make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Negin Farsad discover the science behind invisibility with professor of physics and optical science, Greg Gbur. What would real-life invisibility look like?
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