When you get a vaccine, the momentary needle prick endows your with disease-fighting antibodies and doesn’t leave a trace. But in the future, your vaccine record may be written invisibly on your skin ...

Polka dots are so fun to wear and definitely add a graphic element to any ensemble, but maybe you’ve always wondered how they came to be—or where the name even originated from. For you curious fashion ...

Glance around any department store and you’ll find a veritable buffet of textile patterns that you can rattle off without a second thought: plaid, stripes, paisley, seersucker, fleur-de-lis. Each ...

Polka dots can be used to create striking nail art. They can be used all over, isolated into a French tip, and more. Polka dots reemerged on the runways last fall—and the trend has only gotten ...

I didn't know that the modernist architect Alfred Loos considered patterns and other eye-catching ornaments to be tools of the hegemonic imperialist status quo, but that's probably just me. I also did ...