Science and Technology

The scientific and technological developments from history that have accelerated human progress.  

An aerial photo of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wrexham, UK

Thomas Telford: Biography
A photograph of Thomas Edison, ca. 1901

Thomas Edison
A photograph showing bars of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate

The Cadbury Family: Biography
Christopher Mellon

Christopher Mellon
Luis Elizondo

Luis Elizondo
Tom DeLonge

Tom DeLonge
Win a copy of Scientifica Historica by Brian Clegg

Win a copy of Scientifica Historica by Brian Clegg
Tony Law

The de Havilland Mosquito - the 'wooden wonder'
Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood starlet who helped invent WiFi
A photograph of a 'Danger Deep Water' sign in the UK

The UK’s most dangerous rivers
A replica of the Back to the Future DeLorean is shown at the Cars of the Hollywood Screen car show.

Top 10 Movie Cars of All Time
A graphic showing planet Earth and a background of random numbers

Mankind By the Numbers
The Sky HISTORY brand logo

Meet Marina Amaral a historical colourist
The Gates to Skinwalker Ranch

The bizarre history of Skinwalker Ranch
Two old wagon wheels near the wooden fence

Mankind's Greatest Inventions
Mary Anning

Mary Anning: A pioneer of palaeontology
Stephen William Hawking, attending an anti-war demo at Trafalgar Square in London on the 22nd February 2002

A Brief History of Stephen Hawking
Elaborate stone carving in megalithic stone at Puma Punku

Ancient Aliens: Archaeological Evidence

Dr Travis Taylor

'High strangeness': Brandon Fugal and Dr Travis Taylor discuss Skinwalker Ranch
A photograph of oil drilling in Belarus

Finding Oil and Gas
Dr Helen Sharman

HISTORY's Forgotten People: Helen Sharman
A CGI render of Planet Earth

How the earth shaped human history:

A photograph of a aeroplane flying into the sunset

A brief history of flying
Forged in Fire

Top Weapon Making Tools

Old Egyptian hieroglyphs on an ancient background.

Ancient inventions we still use today
Tom DeLonge

Unidentified: Tom DeLonge and Luis Elizondo interview
Pushkin at the Mikhailovsky by Pyotr Konchalovsky

Great minds who triumphed in lockdown
Knight Fight: a brief history of armour

Knight Fight: a brief history of armour