99% Invisible: Their Dark Materials
Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we\u2019re featuring 99% Invisible\u2019s \u201cTheir Dark Materials.\u201d Vantablack is a pigment that reaches a level of darkness that\u2019s so intense, it\u2019s kind of upsetting. It\u2019s so black it\u2019s like looking at a hole cut out of the universe. If it looks unreal, it\u2019s because Vantablack isn\u2019t actually a color, it\u2019s a form of nanotechnology. It was created by the tech industry for the tech industry, but this strange dark material would also go on to turn the art world on its head.