Scientific Discoveries
Scenarios exploring how different scientific breakthroughs or their timing might have changed history
What If The Flynn Effect Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where IQ scores remained stagnant throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, drastically altering our understanding of human intelligence, education systems, and socioeconomic development.
What If The German Fraunhofer Institutes Took a Different Approach?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Germany's influential Fraunhofer Society pursued a fundamentally different research and technology transfer model, dramatically altering the course of European innovation and global technological development.
What If The Goiânia Accident Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1987 Goiânia radiological disaster in Brazil never happened, potentially altering global nuclear safety protocols, public perception of radiation, and healthcare practices in developing nations.
What If The Great Barrier Reef Received Stronger Protection Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Australia implemented comprehensive protection measures for the Great Barrier Reef decades before actual conservation efforts, potentially preserving one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystems.
What If The Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Launched?
Exploring the alternate timeline where NASA's flagship space telescope never made it to orbit, potentially altering our understanding of the cosmos and the trajectory of space science for decades.
What If The Hubble Space Telescope Was Perfect From Launch?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Hubble Space Telescope deployed flawlessly in 1990, avoiding its infamous mirror flaw and accelerating our understanding of the cosmos by years.