All Scenarios
Browse all alternate history scenarios across different time periods and regions.
What If Peacekeeping Operations Never Existed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the United Nations never developed peacekeeping as a conflict management tool, potentially leading to vastly different outcomes in post-WWII conflicts and international relations.
What If Peer Review Was Never Established?
Exploring the alternate timeline where formal peer review never emerged as the standard for scientific publishing, radically altering how knowledge is validated and disseminated.
What If Pelé Never Played Soccer?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Edson Arantes do Nascimento never became Pelé, altering the trajectory of global soccer, Brazilian national identity, and the commercialization of sports.
What If Penicillin Was Never Discovered?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Alexander Fleming never discovered penicillin in 1928, potentially delaying the antibiotic revolution and transforming modern medicine, warfare, and global health outcomes throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
What If Pennsylvania Transitioned From Coal Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Pennsylvania moved away from coal dependency decades before our timeline, reshaping America's energy landscape, environmental policies, and regional economy.
What If Perestroika and Glasnost Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Mikhail Gorbachev never implemented his revolutionary reforms, potentially prolonging the Cold War and dramatically altering the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century.