A Sticky History of Superglue

Adhesives have been used for essentially the entirety of human history, but it wasn’t until the modern era that cyanoacrylates were discovered - twice - and mostly by accident. And the product with “a million household uses” has even more uses than you might know.

Jun 14, 2024 | 13:18 | Josh Geiger

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