Scientific Discoveries
Scenarios exploring how different scientific breakthroughs or their timing might have changed history
What If Evolution Was Never Taught in Schools?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Darwin's theory of evolution was successfully suppressed from educational curricula worldwide, dramatically altering the development of science, religion, and culture throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
What If Extraterrestrial Life Was Discovered?
Exploring the alternate timeline where scientific evidence of extraterrestrial life is discovered, fundamentally altering humanity's understanding of our place in the universe and transforming numerous fields from science to religion.
What If Faster-Than-Light Travel Was Achieved?
Exploring the alternate timeline where humanity overcame the light-speed barrier, revolutionizing space exploration, interstellar colonization, and fundamentally altering humanity's relationship with the cosmos.
What If Fusion Power Was Achieved?
Exploring the alternate timeline where scientists successfully developed commercial fusion power in the early 2000s, revolutionizing global energy production and dramatically altering the course of climate change, geopolitics, and technological development.
What If Gene Editing Was Developed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where CRISPR-like gene editing technologies emerged in the 1980s, drastically accelerating biotechnology, medicine, and raising profound ethical questions decades before our timeline.
What If Heart Disease Was Eliminated?
Exploring the alternate timeline where heart disease was effectively eliminated as a major cause of death, dramatically reshaping global healthcare, economics, demographics, and social structures.