Scientific Discoveries
Scenarios exploring how different scientific breakthroughs or their timing might have changed history
What If The Dinosaurs Never Went Extinct?
Exploring how Earth's evolutionary history and potentially human existence would have unfolded if the catastrophic asteroid impact 66 million years ago had never occurred.
What If Leibniz's Calculating Machine Was Mass-Produced?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's mechanical calculator had been successfully mass-produced in the early 18th century, potentially accelerating the development of computing technology by decades or even centuries.
What If Global Pandemic Response Evolved Along Different Lines?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if international approaches to disease control developed differently, transforming public health systems and crisis management.
What If Early Modern Europe Developed Germ Theory?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if scientists in early modern Europe had discovered and accepted germ theory centuries before Pasteur and Koch, revolutionizing medicine and public health.
What If Galen's Medical Theories Were Challenged Earlier?
Exploring how medical science might have developed if Galen's anatomical errors had been identified and corrected centuries earlier, potentially advancing healthcare and scientific understanding by over a millennium.
What If Korean Scientific Traditions Gained Greater Recognition?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if Korean scientific and technological innovations had been more widely recognized and adopted globally, reshaping the development of science and technology.