Just to note: Marie Curie’s lab books cannot be handled without protective gear and are stored in lead containment boxes because of all the new chemistry she discovered.
Me accidentally creating a novel nerve agent stronger than any known to man—all without gloves or a fume hood :3
nah biology discoveries are always like “we thought this lesser spotted derpy pig didn’t have big enough spots. turns out it’s a new species” or “this protein turns out to be less curly and more squiggly when the fruit flies are having a lot of sex”
what about something completely new? Not just a bit different from what we already have
It’s a new tree or amphibian in the Amazon or a new cosmic horror in the deep ocean.
Most life isn’t trying to prey on the handful of species we directly rely on or us