The big thinkers at Aperture ponder the unusual and fascinating aspects of space in everyday life.

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Vaseline on apartment door sparks online debate over safety, pranks and surveillance.

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Researchers have identified a new physicochemical principle governing liquid–liquid phase separation in polymer solutions.