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How a queer, AAPI-run tattoo collective is trying to change the game

by Natalie White and Erika Soderstrom
Jun 19, 2024
Long Time Tattoo in Brooklyn, New York, is reimagining the tattoo shop experience with inclusivity as a top priority.
From left, Citrus Son, Melanie Lee and Gabrielle Widjaja of Long Time Tattoo in New York.
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A nanoengineer teamed up with Rihanna’s tattoo artist to make smarter ink

by Rae Ellen Bichell
Aug 21, 2023
Tattoos are more popular than ever. About a third of Americans have at least one. The creators of this new vanishing ink hope it's a first step toward smart tattoos that provide intel about our bodies.
Scientist Carson Bruns’ laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder makes tattoo inks by mixing, stirring, evaporating and spinning a series of liquids until they end up with particles of dye encased in beads of plexiglass.
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Final Note

Would you get a tattoo of your company logo for a raise?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 2, 2013
If you work for Rapid Realty in New York City, it's a possibility.
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The Street of Eternal Happiness

The Street of Eternal Happiness: The Tattoo Artist

by Rob Schmitz
Aug 16, 2012
Among the street's many noodle shops and fashion boutiques, one artist's tattoo store represents a changing China.
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The Marketplace Reader

Heads up: Air New Zealand is looking for a few bald men

by Lori Stassi
Sep 10, 2008
My mother always said she had eyes in the back of her head. Now, a New Zealand airline wants to put temporary tattoos on the back of the heads of...
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