"Discovering" a gene isn't adding much value to the world. It is what you do with that gene that may add value, e.g. if you turn that discovery into a useful drug (which is patentable).
Last weekend I went on an Easter Egg Hunt with my daughter. I discovered something important about human psychology on that hunt, that applies to adult scientists and child
The "law of gravity" is referred to as a description of the phenomena of apples falling from trees and airplanes falling from skies (unless they are overriding the "law of