This is a story about camouflage, but forget mud-blob brown, mealy beige and somber green. Here scientists study mirror glitz and the paradoxical notion that there’s a shiny side to camo.

The U.S. Army has altered its government-owned Scorpion camouflage pattern to look almost identical to MultiCam, the trademarked pattern the service has been using in Afghanistan since 2010.

To understand how bats overcome acoustic camouflage and seize their prey ... is reflected away from the source and leaves act like a mirror, just as a lake reflects the surrounding forest at ...

But these little robots are loud and difficult to effectively disguise. Who knew that making one out of mirrors was the solution? This prism-looking thing is called the Magi-Cam, and it’s pretty ...

The U.S. Army has altered its government-owned Scorpion camouflage pattern to look almost identical to MultiCam, the trademarked pattern the service has been using in Afghanistan since 2010.