In 1911, the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes cooled a thread of mercury to 4.2 kelvin in a bath of liquid helium and its electrical resistance vanished completely, and a current set circulating in a superconducting loop like that will still be flowing years later, indistinguishable from the day it beganJuly 24, 2026
In 1911, the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes cooled a thread of mercury to 4.2 kelvin in a bath of liquid helium and its electrical resistance vanished completely, and a current set circulating in a superconducting loop like that will still be flowing years later, indistinguishable from the day it began Saving Tips July 24, 2026 Drop a small ring of superconducting metal into a bath of liquid helium, nudge a current through it, and remove…
In 1992, a container ship leaving Hong Kong lost 28,800 plastic bath toys overboard in the North Pacific, and oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer spent the next two decades tracking yellow ducks and blue turtles as they washed up in Alaska, Maine, and eventually the coast of Scotland, quietly rewriting the textbook map of ocean currents. Saving Tips June 1, 2026 On January 10, 1992, a container ship hit a violent storm somewhere near the International Date Line on its way…
Bed Bath & Beyond is seeing new life, as rare sales growth lifts stock more than 25% Personal Finance April 28, 2026 Management highlights the “first quarter of significant revenue growth in 19 quarters.” But the stock is still well below its…
