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Pantone Announces Illuminating and Ultimate Gray as Colors of the Year

Illuminating and Ultimate Gray, Pantone's color choices for next year, are meant to symbolize optimism and endurance.

Bremont's New Stephen Hawking Watch Contains Pieces of the Late Scientist's Desk

Keep Stephen Hawking's memory alive with a watch made from pieces of his beloved desk, with proceeds supporting The Stephen Hawking Foundation.

All of Royal Palm Island, a 6.5-Acre Private Island in Belize, Can Be Yours for $6 Million

Royal Palm Island, a fully self-sustainable island in Central America, would make for a perfect vacation home.

Emani Outterbridge with her yarn vending machine in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Is Now Home to a Yarn Vending Machine

The vending machine, which lives in a barber shop, is full of brightly colored yarn skeins created by a local crochet designer.

FDR's Lincoln K Sunshine Special at the now-closed Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Michigan.

The Evolution of the Presidential State Car

From FDR’s modest Lincoln to Obama’s massive Ground Force One, here’s how the president’s car has changed over the years.

China Is Now Home to What May Be the World’s Most Stunning Bookstore

With its high arches and mirrored ceilings, Dujiangyan’s latest bookstore seems like it goes on forever.

Apple AirPods, or a tiny gadget from a stormtrooper uniform?

The Surprising Link Between Star Wars' Stormtroopers and Apple's Earbuds

Apple’s sleek white earbuds look suspiciously similar to Star Wars' stormtrooper uniforms—and it’s not a coincidence.

What the Color Codes on Toothpaste Tubes Really Mean

The small, colored rectangles above the seams of toothpaste tubes have nothing to do with its ingredients.

Pharmacists are happy to help. But only after you've walked through the entire store.

The Reason Pharmacies Are Usually Located in the Back of a Store

There's an excellent reason why pharmacy locations like CVS and Walgreens make you walk all the way through the store before picking up your antibiotics.

LG’s New Wearable Air Purifier Is the Face Mask of the Future

Homemade face masks can look cute, but feeling like you’re breathing in stale air isn’t exactly fun.

A Typo Put a Giant Mosquito in the Running to Become Mississippi’s New State Flag Symbol

The new Mississippi flag design, featuring a mosquito silhouette surrounded by a ring of stars, has become a surprise hit with the public.

This rubber band race car is just as fun to race as it is to build.

KiwiCo’s Subscription Boxes Contain STEM-Based DIY Projects for Kids of All Ages

There are homemade arcade claws, pinball machines, lava lamps, slime, hand-crank flashlights, and so much more.

Wisconsin Corn Maze Highlights the Tardigrade—"The World's Most Resilient Animal"

Tardigrades, a.k.a. "water bears," are some of the most resilient creatures on Earth, making them an appropriate choice for Treinen Farm's 2020 corn maze.

Transform Your Home With This Golden Girls Wallpaper

With this Golden Girls wallpaper, you can finally make your home a shrine to Rose, Dorothy, Blanche, and Sophia.

Zappos Is Now Selling Single Shoes and Mixed-Size Pairs, Making Its Offerings More Accessible

Zappos is making its shoes more accessible to customers with differently-sized feet, amputations, and prosthetics.

In Key West, rainbow crosswalks aren't just for Pride Month.

Key West Has Installed Permanent Rainbow Crosswalks

Key West's colorful crosswalks prove that it doesn’t have to be Pride Month in order to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

Remembering Sara Little Turnbull, Whose Bra Cup Design Became the N95 Mask

Design expert Sara Little Turnbull was consulting for 3M in 1958 when she was tasked with creating a better bra cup. Eventually, her design would inspire the N95 mask.

These waves won't unexpectedly soak your beach towel when the tide comes in.

Watch: This Crashing Wave Art Installation in South Korea Brings Seaside Tranquility to a Busy City

The screen’s resolution is nearly twice ultra-HD, making the installation even more realistic than ocean footage on your TV at home.

Mosquito-free camping, brought to you by your own living room furniture.

IKEA Has Released Instructions on How to Build a Range of Cool Forts at Home

IKEA’s simple, illustrated directions will help you construct the blanket fort of your childhood dreams.

You'd have to guess what your coworker was eating for lunch based on smell and sound alone.

Cubicles Could Make a Big Comeback

As companies look to safely bring employees back to offices after the coronavirus pandemic, cubicles could once again be king.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in Pennsylvania.

You Can Take a Virtual Tour of Fallingwater and More of Frank Lloyd Wright's Most Famous Buildings

More than a dozen Frank Lloyd Wright properties, including Taliesin and Fallingwater, have volunteered to share virtual tours in the coming weeks.

10 Fascinating Illustrations of Soviet Space Exploration From the 20th Century

From liaising with Martians to living on the moon, here’s where Soviet magazines thought the Cold War’s space race would take us.

Don't worry—the puzzle below won't trigger your seasonal allergies.

Can You Spot the Easter Egg Hiding in the Flowers in This Springtime Brain Teaser?

No neighborhood Easter egg hunt this year? Put your eagle eye to good use in this flower-filled puzzle.

You might be stuck in the living room, but it doesn't have to look like it.

6 Fun Backgrounds to Use on Your Next Video Call

From the New York Public Library’s Rose Reading Room to Schitt’s Creek’s Rosebud Motel, there’s really something for everyone here.

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