Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maurice Ward was a British hairdresser who invented a material called “Starlite” that he claimed could withstand fire and even ...

Thirty years ago, a BBC program called Tomorrow’s World captivated viewers with a seemingly simple demonstration: A blowtorch pointed directly at an egg. Its shell slowly blackens, but it neither ...

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Maurice Ward was a British hairdresser who invented a material called “Starlite” that he claimed could withstand fire and even nuclear blasts. It drew the attention of Boeing, NASA, and the British ...