29 Minor Marvels of Modern Science That Would Have Made Your Ancestors’ Heads Pop Like a Balloon

We all say we’d love a time machine, but are we sure that we’d be prepared for whatever future craziness we’d plop ourselves into? Think about it. If a Medieval peasant plopped right into today, and you plopped an iPhone into their hand, would their head not explode? 

What would 500 years from now look like? What kind of A.I.-soaked dystopia would we plop into? 

Man, we use the word “plop” way too much. Here, we’ll consult a thesaurus while you guys check out some discoveries that change the way we think about the world — and might honestly break your brain here in the present day.