Researchers study seven lost inventions

It’s easy to assume that we sit at the pinnacle of human knowledge and achievement. Zettabytes of information are just a click away; we jet halfway across the world in hours; we talk to anyone, anywhere, all while satellites circle the globe, DNA is sequenced and spliced and small packets of electrochemical energy hum with power at our disposal.

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