Points od divergence dealing with various fields of science, research and technological developments.
Choose a type of POD from the topic pages section available below, or search the general discussion section for miscellaneous PODs and POD discussions.
Technologies that aren't "inevitable" in alternate timelines
A world where all cultures develop the same level of technology
Are technologies developed in order and on time across TLs ?
Inventions that could have changed the world
What invention or discovery happened oddly late or early ?
How would technology advance in a continuing Hellenistic Age ?
Better technology exchange between China and Europe
WI pre-Columbian ideas and tech were universal in the Americas ?
Challenge: Arabian Science Continues
Pre-industrial era inventions that could have been invented in the middle ages
How to advance pre-Columbian America ?
Challenge: American natives technologically even with Europeans by the 15th century AD
Challenge: Earlier Scientific Revolution
Challenge: Western-style 'Englightenment' era in the Middle East
WI: Assyriology instead of Egyptology
How far can Western technology advance with a POD prior to 1900 ?
Challenge: Retard technological development in the 20th Century
Technology level by 1945 in a world where WWI never happened
WWI with more progressed technology
Technology after a German WWI Victory ?
WWII with more progressed technology
Technological progress without WWII or Cold War
Britain's technological lead in the 1950s
How advanced could we have become by the year 2000
Not-invented-here: Successes and Missed Opportunities
Overlooked Technologies, Unusual Effects, and Forgotten Weapons
The "Introduce a little invention at some point in time" thread
ASB WI: Dreams can be recorded
Points of Divergence : Agriculture
Points of Divergence : Economy and Trade
Points of Divergence : Society and Societal norms
Points of Divergence : Arts, Architecture and Monuments