Scientists Were Looking for One Thing and Found Another

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Scientists Were Looking for One Thing and Found Another

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The history of science is smoothed out by brilliant accidents, where researchers fumbled their way into major discoveries while aiming at something else entirely. Serendipity seems to keep handing out rewards to whoever is paying attention, turning a lab mishap, or a weird inconsistency, into a breakthrough that changes human life in a big way. These moments suggest that sometimes the biggest discoveries show up exactly when things don’t follow the plan.