FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE聽|聽November 10, 2014

Accidental discoveries that changed the world (video)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2014 鈥� Throughout the history of science, many major discoveries came accidentally. Sometimes they came from recognizing potential in an unexpected product or even a failed recipe鈥檚 waste. Other times, discovery came out of pure desperation from a seemingly dead-end experiment. This week, Reactions celebrates those happy accidents that ended up changing the world in the first episode of a new sub-series, 鈥淟egends of Chemistry.鈥� Check out the video here: .

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