• Question: If you could've discovered anything that's already been discovered what would it be and why?

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      Asked by 477antf39 to Daniela ?, ☣ Danna, Jonny, Juan, Lindsay on 10 Jun 2016.
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        Juan Ortiz answered on 10 Jun 2016:

        I would probably have discovered that microbes cause diseases. Because in old times people didn’t know that eating something rotten or half cooked or lack of hygiene could cause a lot of diseases. They used to think that people got sick because they were evil or for other wrong reasons. Until a smart guy called Louis Pasteur discover that microbes were the reason why things get rotten and why we get sick many times. So to keep healthy we only have to stay clean. It sounds very easy now that we all know, but this discovery made our lives much easier!!!! And because science is to make our lives better I would like to have discovered that myself! That would’ve been an honor, but unfortunately I am a bit late :S

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        Jonathan Hunter answered on 10 Jun 2016:

        I would like to the creator of the periodic table (Dmitri Mendeleev) as it’s probably one of the most useful scientific creations ever.

      • Photo: Lindsay Robinson

        Lindsay Robinson answered on 11 Jun 2016:

        As we’re in the antibiotics zone, then I think it has to be penicillin. It’s saved millions of lives over the years and transformed everyone’s lives.

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        Danna Gifford answered on 11 Jun 2016:

        I would pick discovering rifamycin, an important antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis and leprosy. The people who discovered it found it in a nice place (Saint-Raphaël in the south of France) and decided to call it after their favourite film, “Du rififi chez les hommes”… they sound like they were a fun bunch

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        Daniela Lobo answered on 15 Jun 2016:

        The existence of atoms and the concept of molecules, because how cool is it you discovering something you can’t even “see” exists?

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