Scenarios about 'scientific discovery'
Scientific discovery encompasses the process of uncovering new knowledge about the natural world through observation, experimentation, and theoretical advancement. These breakthroughs have transformed human understanding and capabilities across history, from Archimedes' principles to quantum mechanics and genetic engineering. In alternate history scenarios, different timing or attribution of scientific discoveries often serves as critical divergence points that reshape technological development and subsequent historical trajectories.
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 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.