In the 1980s, an Englishman named Maurice Ward developed a material that he claimed could withstand temperatures of thousands of degrees Celsius.

Not only could the material withstand high temperatures, but it could also protect anything in proximity from high temperatures.

This product didn't result in a revolution in material science.

In fact, it never produced anything at all.

And in the end, the secret to its creation died with its inventor.

Learn more about Maurice Ward and the creation of Starlight

and why it was never developed on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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