Scientists have created a new material that absorbs more light than any other substance on Earth, giving it a reflectivity value of 0.045 percent. It's also 30 times darker than the standard we currently use to measure what counts as "black." It's practically like having a black hole in a fabric, which should lead to some extremely cool t-shirts. [Reuters]












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