How Moldy Bread Can Change Your Brain - A grisly medieval plague of holy fire. An experiment gone wrong. And…the CIA? All of these unlikely elements weave together in the story of the accidental discovery that brought us LSD. Plus, why scientists today are studying how psychedelics could be used to treat mental illnesses like depression, addiction, OCD, and more.
How an experimental failure led to the accidental discovery of LSD.
How an accidental seaweed cooking tip went from the kitchen to the laboratory…and then everywhere.
Did you know that a completely failed experiment helped us to understand our allergies?
How do these toads keep failing upward, and what can we do about it?
How did a famous lab accident end up saving more than half a billion lives…and is it true?
Is it bird poop? Is it a bomb? Nope. It’s the Big Bang! A hiss heard only by accident.
The only reason we have general anesthesia today is because of a Victorian party drug.
The substance that colors most of our modern world was invented…by accident.
Following those often jaw-dropping (and sometimes hilarious fails) through time to today, host Maren Hunsberger asks: "What's next?". By talking to today's innovative young scientists, engineers, artists, and other big thinkers, we see how the mistakes of the past are leading us into the science of tomorrow...and toward a better future.
