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The Genius of Accidents

Viagra and CRISPR

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Available for over a year

Viagra’s effect on men was discovered by accident after a clinical trial for a heart disease with some surprising side-effects. Here’s how it happened. Show more

Discovery

The Genius of Accidents

The Big Bang and Jet Streams

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

Available for over a year

Evidence for the big bang was initially thought to be a mistake in the data Show more

Discovery

The Genius of Accidents

Finding the Coelacanths

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Available for over a year

When Marjorie Courtnay-Latimer found a coelacanth on a fishing boat in South Africa, it was the fish equivalent of discovering a T- Rex on the Serengeti. But what happened next? Show more