How the infamous Yellow Rain investigation has inspired a drug delivery innovation
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 08:01
in Earth & Climate
The history of science is full of episodes when a seemingly ludicrous theory is ridiculed, but then slowly gathers evidence and support to move from the fringes to the heart of the scientific consensus. Examples include Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, the theory of plate tectonics that control the movement of Earth's crust and, most recently, the Big Bang theory of the birth of our universe.