Life-saving discoveries

There are many aspects of daily life that we take for granted, especially the impact that science, innovation, and discovery have had and continue to have on our survival.

While it is easy to create statistics on causes of death, we rarely stop to consider the number of lives saved by technological advances, disease prevention, or cures tested and perfected over the years. We believe this issue deserves more visibility and should be more recognized and celebrated. Using data from the Science Heroes website, our latest infographic shows the number of lives saved around the world through scientific research and technological breakthroughs.