1. Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57

   …ear physics** was born. It was the first nuclear transmutation of one element (lithium) to another (helium) under full human control. {{toc}} {{Image url="SplitAtom.jpg" class="left" title="Split Atom" width="200" }} == Prototype == Working in …

2. Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16

   …rogrammable computer. Babbage wanted to find a method by which computations could be calculated mechanically, removing human sources of error. He first discussed the principles of a calculating engine in a letter to Sir Humphry Davy in 1822. =…

3. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …rubber would wash rainwater across the glass beads to clear away any dust or grime that had gathered there, just as the human eye can be cleansed by tears, simple and effective. {{Image url="Catseye.jpg" title="thumb" width="100" class="left" t…

4. Anaesthetic — 2023-10-04 16:27:18

   …es on animals. Simpson was the first to demonstrate the safe anaesthetic effect of chloroform and popularise its use on humans.…

5. Aluminium — 2023-10-04 16:04:17

   …th developments in chemistry and the advent of electricity. Aluminium was one of the newest metals to be discovered by humans. == Extracting from the Ore == Alum salts have been used for centuries. In 1808 Humphry Davy, an English chemist born…

6. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07

   …ld have to work quickly to get the patent * because other people were also trying to make an invention to transmit the human voice. Elisha Gray claims he too invented the telephone, but Bell got to the patent office an hour or so before he did…

7. MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59

   …imaging technique called echo-planar imaging making 3D imaging feasible. == First MRI Image == The first MRI scan of a human body part was made by Sir Peter Mansfield, of a cross-section of the finger of his research student Dr Andrew Maudsley,…

8. Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08

   …arted recreating Fleming’s experiments. Soon enough penicillin was being made to begin testing it on animals and then humans. In **1941**, they found that even low levels of penicillin cured very serious infections, it saved many lives. For h…
   …y, paediatricians and other doctors can choose from dozens of antibiotics. Every day millions of antibiotics are saving human and animal lives all around the world. Together with **Jenner's** invention of [[Vaccination]] and [[Antiseptic]] mill…

9. IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09

   … in the field of reproductive health before their collaboration in 1966, they were especially interested in problems of human fertility. Edwards had developed a way to fertilise human eggs within the laboratory and Steptoe had perfected a method…
   … for obtaining human eggs from the ovaries using his acquired skill with a laparoscope, a long, thin telescopic instrument. Combining these…

10. Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55

    …illiam Buckland in the 1824. However, **Richard Plot** had discovered this dinosaur's femur, which he called //"Scrotum humanum"//, in **1627**, nearly two centuries before.…

11. Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02

    …s]] Dr. James Blundell ( 1791 Holborn, [[London]], [[England]] – 1878) performed the first successful transfusion of human blood to treat postpartum haemorrhage. The donor was the patient's husband, Blundell extracted four ounces of blood fro…

12. Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16

    …he area. He and his brother Leonard, a grocer, planned to market one of the products which he considered palatable for humans. By putting their initials together and adding a Z they created Zalo. But Alfred had a wife and five children at near…

13. DNA Forensics — 2021-01-22 08:47:52

    …nger printing. What is so beneficial for crime investigation is that DNA for profiling can be extracted from almost any human cell, including blood, semen, skin, saliva, mucus, perspiration, roots of hair, and even old and dried out samples. ::c…

14. Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15

    … like a round table where no one had precedence.. One of the objectives of the society is to ~& identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity. Mensa is non-political and free from racial or religious distinctions. To j…

15. Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30

    …e and burn it to celebrate the return of Sun God. The Cornish drew a man on a log to commemorate the very old custom of human sacrifice by burning on a bonfire. Revived in the 12th Century, the Yule Log which was supposed to ward of the devil pr…

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