9 Science Experiments That Led To Accidental Discoveries!
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From medicine to electricity to gravity itself! Join me as we show you experiments that led to amazing discoveries!
9. Penicillin
When it comes to discoveries, some are planned, but there are also times that accidental find change the world forever. While it may not seem like it do to its importance, Penicillin was discovered by accident. For while we can't imagine our world without it, the life-saving medicine wasn't actually discovered until 1928 by a man named Alexander Fleming.
something else he was working on, it soon became a discovery that truly changed the world.
8. Gravity
There are several principles in our world today that at one time were likely considered to be nothing more than "accepted" or even the "will of God". After all, as one scientist said, "Anything that isn't explained is God".
Gravity is something that we all know about now, but when it came to the time of Sir Isaac Newton, it was just another thing that was accepted. But it wasn't until he started testing out the prowess of gravity via his own experiments that he started to realize how the universe works on a very grand scale.
7. Microwaves
Let's head back to another unintentional discovery, shall we? This one you'll definitely be glad was found. For when you think about the humble microwave, you likely think that this was something thought about years before its creation because of how it is a mainstay in our worlds now. It was likely designed brilliant from a notion, then carefully studied and processed until a version of the model we know now was before them and rejoiced in the clever contraption that they conceived. Yet...that's not what happened, at all. Not unlike various other discoveries, the idea of the microwave was discovered quite by accident by a man named Percy Spencer.
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6. Evolution
The question about life and how it became a part of the Earth itself has long been a subject of debate. The questions of how many "forms" of man came before MAn Sapien, how our minds evolved, or how we went from single-celled organisms to where we are now is something many think about. And while that debate still rages, one principle has long since been proven to be true in one form or another. The theory of Evolution.
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5. X-Rays
There are so many things in the modern world today that are taken for granted in regards to their discoveries. Back in 1895, the idea of X-Rays weren't even on the minds of doctors and scientists the world over. Which is almost scary to think about because they are now a standard medical practice, even being given for free under the right insurance plan.
4. DNA
James Watson of the United States and Francis Crick of England are credited with one of the most important finds in the history of the world. Mainly, they were able to identify and then take an X-Ray picture of a strand of DNA.
They discovered this on February 28, 1953 after many experiments and research. Which is good, because they basically helped find the one of the most important things in the human body itself, and helped rewrite the book on humanity and why we are what we are.
After all, within the helix-pattern that is our DNA are several markers that determine who we are going to be from top to bottom. From how tall we are, to our hair and eye color, and more.
3. The Pacemaker
When it comes to the human body, few things are as important as the heart. There are plenty of diseases and conditions that can cause the heart to beat irregularly, and quite painfully for the host. And the treatments for some of these things are few and far between at times. So thus, the Pacemaker is a valuable tool, as it is able to stimulate the heart into beating regularly. But what if I told you that the only reason for this mistake was because of a wrong part for an entirely different machine?
2. The Telephone
Where would we be without the telephone? Cell phones wouldn't exist (ok, that might be something we could do without in some cases), communication across the world would be much more primitive, and so on and so forth. And all of this was possible because of the rigorous experiments involving Alexander Graham Bell.
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1. Play-Doh
What? I can't have a little fun with the final topic?
Play-Doh is one of the biggest kids toys in the world, but it didn't start out that way. This special clay was made back in the 1930's by Noah McVicker, but he didn't intend it as a kids toy. Rather, it was a wallpaper cleaner! No, seriously.
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