Tom asks the question whether there are still obvious discoveries waiting out there in plain sight.  There most assuredly are.  There are still species being discovered,  including species thought to have gone extinct.  It seems with every space probe sent out within our own solar system,  we're found to be wrong about significant characteristics of every moon and planet we fly by.  The actual danger lies with remaining mentally fixated on dogmatic scientific conventions like macroevolution, climate change,  and billion- year timescales and therefore seeing through the lens of what you've been told is gospel rather than seeing clearly for yourself and making new discoveries. That,  by the way,  is where true scientific inquiry begins.