Greatest Human Achievements

Humans refused to accept ignorance discovered science and transformed our lives driven by our endless curiosity about the world around us From antibiotics to cancer treatment from falling apples to the Higgs Boson weve asked questions about how our universe works and used the answers to increase our comfort improve our health and save lives We transformed existence

Take a look at how we explored and shaped the landscape we live in moving into all corners of the globe and breaking out from dependence on our immediate surroundings From taming fire to planting crops making bricks installing plumbing and drainage discovering electricity and making steel weve devised ways to put ourselves in control and make our lives more efficient and comfortable

Today we can speak to someone on the other side of the world instantly and see their image in front of us We can physically travel around the globe in two days We take all this for granted now it is just part of our lives But the shrinking of our world is an extraordinary achievement In a remarkably short span of time we discovered the boat then worked our way to worldwide communication