• Question: What is the most important invention in the 20th century?

    Asked by samuel1998 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Sean Murphy

      Sean Murphy answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered the most famous of antibiotics, penicillin in 1928. This has saved many millions of lives since it’s discovery.

    • Photo: Laura Waters

      Laura Waters answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Perhaps the internet? This means we can all communicate far easier which helps us scientists work better!

    • Photo: Viv Lyons

      Viv Lyons answered on 18 Mar 2012:

      There are so many it’s hard to choose but the aeroplane is a fantastic piece of engineering and gets me to see my relatives in Canada is a relatively quick time.

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