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  1. 20 of the Greatest Blunders in Science in the Last 20 Years

    Jan 20, 2000 · In the last two decades, glorious scientific and technical achievements have altered our lives forever. Try, for example, to imagine the world without the existence of those …

  2. Timeline of Scientific Failures – Yale Scientific Magazine

    Feb 11, 2024 · This timeline aims to chronicle a brief history of scientific failures—to acknowledge the mistakes and missteps built into the process of scientific discovery, and thereby to better …

  3. These are science’s Top 10 erroneous results

    Nov 10, 2020 · But since scientists are human (most of them, anyway), even science is never free from error. In fact, mistakes are fairly common in science, and most scientists tell you they …

  4. Scientists’ Epic Fails: Bad Ideas That Forged Our World - Science

    Feb 25, 2025 · Yet these wrong turns created the methodology, ethical frameworks, and fundamental principles that define modern science. Today’s researchers stand on the …

  5. 15 Scientists Who Became Famous for Their Mistakes

    Jul 15, 2025 · These scientific blunders range from accidental discoveries that revolutionized medicine to theoretical errors that opened entirely new fields of study. What makes these …

  6. 10 Famous Failures in Science | Vaishnavi Ravichandran | Medium

    Oct 3, 2023 · Discover 10 scientists, highlighting their overlooked failures & lessons that paved their path to success in the world of science.

  7. Top 10 Failed Experiments That Led to Huge Discoveries

    Mar 26, 2025 · Science is full of happy accidents. Some of humanity’s greatest breakthroughs came from failed experiments, mistakes, and pure luck —proving that sometimes, being wrong …

  8. Top 5 Biggest Science Failures of the Last 30 Years

    Science is a complex topic, and it is heavily based on trial and error. There are many science failures out there that wait for you to discover them.

  9. When Science Fails - The Oxford Scientist

    Dec 24, 2020 · Simply put, failure is fundamental to the scientific process; it is the backbone upon which great science is built. With the recent events of the pandemic, many are witnessing the …

  10. Hilarious Science Fails - MSN

    Jul 16, 2025 · Science is all around us, and there's a ton of fails that come with a breakthrough. So we decided to put together a comp in honor of all the scientists out there!