Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. One of the greatest inventions humans ever made was by accident. It ...

If you’re working on a project that is tearing up the skin on your fingertips, reach for some super glue. Just add a thin layer, allow it to dry and you’ll have a hard barrier to prevent cuts and ...

A new type of plastic made from super glue is easy to recycle and requires no fossil fuels for its production. Allison Christy and Scott Phillips at Boise State University in Idaho used ethyl ...

Many inventions happen not by design but through failure. They don’t happen through the failure directly, but because someone was paying attention and remembered the how and why of the failure, and ...