6 Accidental Discoveries You've Probably Never Heard Of

From insects to infections, and polymers to pacemakers, scientists have discovered some very cool things entirely by accident, thanks to some careful observation and curiosity.

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Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2016/02/24/467805055/whoops-twelve-tales-of-accidental-brilliance-in-science
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Wasps
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tibbetts-lab/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2014/03/tibbetts_and_dale_2004.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2016/03/01/468673964/golden-mole-award-winner-to-be-announced
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Strep
http://www.pnas.org/content/101/40/14491.short
https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Research/Research-Labs/Liu-Lab/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8332747_Sword_and_shield_Linked_group_B_streptococcal_-hemolysincytolysin_and_carotenoid_pigment_function_to_subvert_host_phagocyte_defense
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Parasitic aphrodisiac
https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/54/2/159/638703
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/05/01/300999096/contagious-aphrodisiac-virus-makes-crickets-have-more-sex
http://www.adamolab.ca/research.html
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2014/03/04/jeb.103408
CRISPR
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/lab-report/new-crispr-cas9-tool-edits-both-rna-and-dna-precisely
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-crispr-cas9-rna.html
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https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/biochem/yan-zhang-phd
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180315122940.htm
Pacemaker
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/business/wilson-greatbatch-pacemaker-inventor-dies-at-92.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wilson-greatbatch-inventor-of-the-implantable-cardiac-pacemaker-2363206.html
https://gizmodo.com/5844558/wilson-greatbatch-the-man-who-accidentally-invented-the-pacemaker-has-died
https://lemelson.mit.edu/winners/wilson-greatbatch
Polymer
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/344/6185/732
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-class-of-polymers-discovered-by-accident/
https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/innovators-under-35/2015/pioneer/jeannette-garcia/
https://theconversation.com/recycling-the-unrecyclable-a-new-class-of-thermoset-plastics-26594
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/7108/20140517/eureka-moment-ibms-error-at-lab-leads-to-discovery-of-new-polymer-materials.htm
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a12954/one-of-the-most-important-materials-in-tech-is-now-recyclable-16795168/

Images:
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African.field.cricket.arp.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Streptococcus_agalactiae.tif
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neisseria_meningitidis_Colonies_growth_on_New_York_City_Medium_Agar.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crispr.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Jude_Medical_pacemaker_with_ruler.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duelchamber.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Herzschrittmacher_auf_Roentgenbild.jpg

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