Being an inventor has some risks. Sometimes, not all inventions lead to glory. While some ended up in failure, others ended up in tragedy. Here are the following inventors who were killed by their own ideas: 1. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754 – 1785) Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was one of the … Read more
In this day and age, you might be mistaken to think that technology has little to offer in terms of new innovations. The reality is technology evolves every time, leading to amazing innovations every year. Just picture this, when the iPhone was first launched in 2007, its technology was seen as a … Read more
The ‘70s was a decade where dramatic steps forward were taken in the field of science and technology. Different discoveries in biology, physics, and especially technology gave birth to a new generation of scientists. Technologies such as the integrated circuit, the supercomputer, lasers, and cellphone find their common ancestors in the ‘70s. … Read more
The Persian civilization is considered to be one of the scientific civilizations they created many ingenious and revolutionary things we still use today like the battery, refrigerator, postal service, and sulfuric acid. These inventions go to show that the Persian civilization shows a high degree of advancement and intelligence of its citizens. … Read more
There are a lot of people who came up with philosophies, experiments, research, redesigning of thoughts, beliefs, and surveys to bring mythologies to certainty right from the beginning of human settlement. Many have contributed for science to study different aspects of nature to prosper mankind. Today, our world dwells in the home … Read more
The 19th century witnessed the beginning of modern science. The old term philosopher was replaced by the word scientist in 1833 by William Whewell. There are a lot of influential ideas and innovative inventions that emerged in the 19th century and among those were Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species” which introduced … Read more
The ancient Chinese are often credited for inventing many things that are still relevant until today. Aside from inventing the gun powder, printing, the compass, and papermaking the ancient Chinese civilization contributed several other inventions that changed the world. Let’s take a look at what these inventions are. 1. Paper Money in … Read more
The Maya are groups of indigenous people in Mexico and Central America. They are often mistakenly thought to have long died out but their descendants are still inhabiting most of the lands in Campeche, Tabasco, Yucatan, and Chiapas in Mexico. And even if we know them as the Maya’s surviving descendants, they … Read more