An ’80s Era All-Girl Skate Gang, The Hags

Stevie Bates started the all-girl skate gang The Hags back in 1983 or ’84, and the 10+ crew could be seen rolling around West LA with matching canvas patches on the backs of their jackets. Skating since she was nine years old, Bates says she started the gang because she was rejected from the male gang The Jaks and because “everything is more fun in …

Archiving Prince’s Paisley Park Artifacts

One year ago today the world lost a great talent. Now the same group of people who run Elvis Presley’s Graceland are archiving Prince’s possessions at his Paisley Park mansion/studio/museum. Already, 7,000+ artifacts have been archived, and that’s believed to be less than five percent of the building’s pieces. From shoes to jewelry, sketchbooks and guitars, the items aren’t meant to tell Prince’s full life …

NASA 3D Prints Metal Space Fabric

A chainmail of the future, 3D-printed flexible metal space fabric is being produced by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. As far as functionality goes, there are four important attributes: reflectivity, foldability, passive heat management and tensile strength. Each of these has untold applications. Because of its sheer strength, it could be used to shield spacecraft but its insulation capabilities could translate to future spacesuits. The foldability, …