Technology
The Real Inventors of Some of History’s Most Famous Creations
History has wrongly credited scores of inventions to the wrong people. Some were stolen, some were made more practical by…
Little Mistakes from History With Huge Consequences
Everybody makes little mistakes, but most of the time our mistakes have few, if any, serious consequences. And if they…
Researchers Used Secret Methods to Locate this Mysterious Japanese Submarine Lost in WWII
During the Cold War, advanced deep water detection was almost an exclusively military preserve. That began to change in the…
20 Unusual Deaths from the History Books
Death is a regrettable but nonetheless unavoidable element of the human condition. Whilst most people pass into the great abyss…
20 Incredible Works of Art that are Lost Forever
Whilst today we take for granted the idea that all we produce will be stored indefinitely, whether on the cloud…
20 Historical Figures that We Would Love to Bring Back from the Dead
As in fiction, the past is full of interesting people who have imbued the future with their legacies. Whether great…
The Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism is the World’s Oldest Known Computer
In the ancient and classical eras, the Mediterranean Sea was not much of a barrier between the lands bordering its…
20 Outlandish Scientific Theories from History
There is no denying science has provided humanity with countless benefits, from electricity and modern medicine, to a greater understanding…
20 Archaeological Finds That Rewrote History
For the bulk of history, knowledge of significant past events had a distressing tendency to blend into the mists of…
Fritz Haber, the Monster Who Made the Modern World Possible
Fritz Haber’s life started brilliantly, then took a dark turn, before plunging into the horrific. On the plus side, his…