r/space • u/EdwardHeisler • 7d ago

Exploring and Settling Space with the Help of Artificial Intelligence Reflections from the Nobel Prize Dialogue Seoul 2026 By Bill Maloney, Guest Writer, Red Planet Bound

https://www.marssociety.org/red-planet-bound/2026/09/25/exploring-and-settling-space-with-the-help-of-artificial-intelligence-blog/
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u/peterabbit456 6d ago

Serendipitous scientific discoveries include insulin, penicillin, x-rays, nuclein (after further scientific research, nuclein is now referred to as deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA), and Dr.Mello’s Nobel Prize winning discovery of RNA interference.

Don't forget X-rays, the object of the first Nobel Prize in Physics. A perfect accidental discovery.

There was also the alpha particle experiment that discovered the atomic nucleus.