Scientists Created an Impossible Supermaterial Totally by Accident

For more than a century, scientists have been saying the same thing: It's impossible to create a water-free disordered magnesium carbonate. It's too difficult. You'll never amount to anything! Well, suck it, haters: Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have unveiled a super-absorbent version of magnesium carbonate that breaks the world record for surface area and water absorption.