[maxerickson]

I expect you are referencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teixobactin

[29athrowaway]

Discovered in some random dirt from Maine.

[hackernewds]

"Discovered" like penicillin? It irks me when it's presented as accidental, when it does go through testing after

[29athrowaway]

Penicillin was also accidental? I don't understand the point.

[PlasmonOwl]

Maybe he conflates discovery with accident. Materials science searches chemical space and makes discoveries. There is no accident in that kind of discovery?