'Harry Potter' Invisibility Cloak Now Real? Metamaterials Development Will Allow You to Blend With Your Surroundings

Medicine & Technology Feb 07, 2023

The power to turn invisible, which has long been a hallmark of science fiction and fantasy, would be a revolutionary technical breakthrough. Check out how scientists are making an invisibility cloak into reality.

Chester Zoo's Baby Aardvark Resembles Harry Potter's House-Elf Dobby [Watch]

Feb 14, 2022

Chester Zoo welcomes the first-ever baby aardvark Dobby. Its name was inspired by the elf character in the Harry Potter series.

Newly Discovered Green Pit Viper Snakes Named After Harry Potter's Salazar Slytherin

Apr 22, 2020

Check this out! Scientists from India have discovered a new species of pit vipers and guess which Harry Potter character they name it after. You got that right, none other than the master parseltongue himself, Salazar Slytherin. Click the link above to read the whole story.

Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak: From Fantasy to Reality by University of the Philippines' Scientists

Mar 25, 2019

UP scientists make things invisible

Calling all Potterheads, the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is set to launch this 2019

Mar 11, 2019

Following the success of Pokemon Go in 2016, Niantic is set to launch Harry Potter: Wizards Unite later this year

‘Harry Potter’ Underwater: J.K Rowling’s Characters Derived As Crustacean’s Name

Feb 14, 2017

New crab specie was discovered in the deep corals of Guam, western Pacific Ocean. The crustacean possesses a black eye whose taxonomic identity is still unknown.

Meet 'Harryplax Severus': A Crab Named After 'Harry Potter' Characters

Feb 14, 2017

After 16 years of discovery, a rare species of coral reef crab is termed 'new' and named after 'Harry Potter' characters. The rare crab is found along the coasts of Guam, an island in the western Pacific Ocean.

Parasitic 'Dementor' Wasp Leaves Prey Without Free Will

May 28, 2015

You may think a wasp that can zombify its prey with venom in order to eat it alive sounds like the stuff of nightmares, but it's actually the stuff of biodiversity. Called the dementor wasp, this terrifying insect was just discovered last year-along with 138 other new species-in the Greater Mekong Region of Asia, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reports today.