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Discoveries in the Dust and Din of Life

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  • The Pastor's Workshop
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  • Science and Technology
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  • Background
  • Stories
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Keywords (7)
  • Discovery
  • Innovation
  • Intelligence
  • Science
  • Testing
Scripture (5)
  • Genesis 50:20
  • Exodus 4:10-12
  • Romans 8:28
  • 2 Corinthians 12:9
  • Psalm 37:23-24
Date Added
  • Dec 31, 2024

Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), the British microbiologist and co-recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of penicillin, often credited his breakthrough to a fortunate accident—a speck of dust landing on an uncovered culture plate. Years later, while touring a modern, sterile, air-conditioned research lab, his guide remarked, “What a pity you did not…

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