We often think of progress as a linear path of meticulous planning and rigorous laboratory testing, but some of the most significant discoveries in history were the result of pure, unadulterated luck.

Engineers have long chased materials that can outperform concrete on strength and cost, but the specific claim that an accidental discovery has already produced such a material is unverified based on ...

What began as the accidental discovery of a bronze drum beneath a rice field has become one of Thailand’s most significant ...

While I'm not a psychiatrist and I do not prescribe medication, I am intrigued by psychiatry and pharmacology. Perhaps I would work as a psychiatrist or pharmacologist if I weren't so in love with ...

For biochemists, it's the which-came-first question: oxygen production by photosynthesis or oxygen consumption by aerobic metabolism? In photosynthesis, algae and plants take in sunlight to turn ...