A Chinese scientist’s viral demonstration shows how simple optics can make body parts vanish, sparking global debate over whether real-world invisibility is science, illusion, or something in between.

(via TEDEd) A spy presses a button on their suit and blinks out of sight. A wizard wraps himself in a cloak and disappears. A star pilot flicks a switch, and their ship vanishes into space.

Harry Potter’s iconic “Invisibility Cloak” could perhaps be within our sight. Chinese scientists have devised a camouflage material that adjusts its molecular composition to blend into the background, ...

You might think invisibility cloaks exist only in the Wizarding World, but think again. A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a technology ...

For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding objects from light using so-called metamaterials with extreme and often unrealistic ...

From the wish-granting jinn of Arabian folklore to the shadow people of Inuit mythology, creatures possessing the fantastical ...

Researchers claim that the creation of an invisibility cloak is feasible with future technology, and that soon humans could have the ability to blend in with their surroundings. Not content to wait ...

If you were given an invisibility cloak, what would you do with it? Harry Potter definitely wore the piece well as he used it to camouflage himself when he snuck off to Hogsmeade Village or hid from ...