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 a Milwaukee workshop in the 1870s, Christopher Latham Sholes spent years rearranging the keys of his mechanical Type-Writer so that commonly paired letters sat far apart, ensuring the metal typebars would swing from different directions and not jam mid-wordJuly 23, 2026
Palantir’s stock looks less ‘frothy’ and is now worth buying, this analyst says Personal Finance February 2, 2026 One analyst sees a path to $200, as Palantir’s new government contracts and expanding margins could help the stock rebound.
