6 Incredible Discoveries Made on Accident

Some of science's most interesting discoveries happened totally on accident! From insects to infections, and polymers to pacemakers, we've accidentally discovered some pretty cool stuff. Watch this new episode of SciShow, hosted by Stefan Chin, to learn more! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Jerry Perez, Lazarus G, Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: https://www.npr.org/2016/02/24/467805... http://discovermagazine.com/galleries... https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ap... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/t... Wasps https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tibbetts-... https://www.npr.org/2016/03/01/468673... http://www.cell.com/current-biology/p... https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tibbetts-... https://www.nature.com/scientificamer... Strep http://www.pnas.org/content/101/40/14... https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Research... https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... http://nizetlab.ucsd.edu/Publications... Parasitic aphrodisiac https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/... https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s... http://www.adamolab.ca/research.html http://jeb.biologists.org/content/ear... CRISPR https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/lab-re... https://phys.org/news/2018-03-crispr-... https://elifesciences.org/articles/32724 http://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fu... https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/bioch... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... Pacemaker http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/bus... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obi... https://gizmodo.com/5844558/wilson-gr... https://lemelson.mit.edu/winners/wils... Polymer http://science.sciencemag.org/content... https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar... https://www.technologyreview.com/list... https://theconversation.com/recycling... http://www.techtimes.com/articles/710... https://www.popularmechanics.com/tech... Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sy... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ne... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Du... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He...