ENIAC, ɗaya daga cikin kwamfutocin lantarki na farko na kowane aiki, an bayyana shi a Philadelphia a watan Fabrairu 1946. Ya cika babban ɗaki, ya yi amfani da kimanin kwan fitila (vacuum tube) 18,000, ya kuma iya haɗa lambobi 5,000 a daƙiƙa ɗaya.
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1946–1947 B.H. · Kogwanni kusa da Qumran, a bakin Tekun Matattu
An gano Naɗaɗɗun Littattafan Tekun Matattu
Makiyaya Bedouin sun sami tuluna da naɗaɗɗun littattafai a ciki a wani kogo kusa da Qumran. Ya zuwa 1956, kogwanni goma sha ɗaya sun ba da gutsattsarin kimanin rubuce-rubucen hannu 900 da aka rubuta tsakanin kimanin 250 K.H. da 68 B.H. Cikinsu akwai sassan kowane littafin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ibrananci ban da Esta, da cikakken naɗaɗɗen littafin Ishaya wanda ya girmi kowane kofi da aka sani kafin nan da kimanin shekara dubu.
Ta’aziyya, ku ta’azantu mutanena, in ji Allahnku. Yi magana mai kwantar da rai ga Urushalima, ku kuma furta mata cewa aiki mai zafinta ya isa, cewa an fanshi zunubinta, cewa ta karɓi daga hannun Ubangiji ninki biyu saboda dukan zunubanta. Muryar wani tana kira cewa, “A cikin hamada ku shirya hanya saboda Ubangiji; ku miƙe manyan hanyoyi domin Allahnmu a cikin jeji. Za a cike kowane kwari, a baje kowane dutse da kowane tudu; za a mayar da karkatattun wurare su zama sumul, munanan wurare kuma su zama da kyau. Za a kuma bayyana ɗaukakar Ubangiji, dukan mutane kuwa za su gan ta. Gama Ubangiji da kansa ne ya yi magana.” Muryar tana cewa, “Ka yi shela.” Na kuwa ce, “Me zan yi shelar?” “Dukan mutane kamar ciyawa suke, kuma dukan ɗaukakarsu kamar furannin jeji ne. Ciyawa takan yanƙwane, furanni kuma su yi yaushi, domin Ubangiji ya hura iska a kansu. Tabbatacce mutane ciyawa ne. Hakika ciyawa takan yanƙwane, furanni kuma su yi yaushi, amma maganar Allahnmu tana nan daram har abada.”A lokaci ɗaya a duniya
Kafin wannan ganowa, rubuce-rubucen hannu na Ibrananci mafi tsufa da aka sani na yawancin littattafan Littafi Mai Tsarki an kofe su ne kimanin 900–1000 B.H. Naɗaɗɗun littattafan sun ba masana damar kwatanta rubutun a cikin shekara dubu, suka kuma sami jituwa ta kusa da kuma bambance-bambance. Ganowar ta faru ne a shekarun da suka biyo bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Ga duniyar ƙarshen shekarun 1940 da farkon shekarun 1950.
Matasa huɗu da suke bincika wani rami a gefen tudu a kudu maso yammacin Faransa sun gano kogon Lascaux, wanda aka zana dawakai, bijimai, barewa da sauran dabbobi a bangonsa kimanin shekara 17,000 da suka wuce.
Manoma da suke tono kusa da Nag Hammadi a Masar ta Sama sun sami wani tulu da littattafai goma sha uku masu ɗaurin fata a harshen Kibtanci, da aka kofe a ƙarni na 4. Yawancin rubuce-rubucensu, na ƙungiyoyin Kiristoci na farko, sun riga sun ɓace; cikinsu akwai Linjilar Toma.
Ɗan Norway Thor Heyerdahl da abokansa biyar sun yi tafiyar kwana 101 a jirgin itacen balsa Kon-Tiki daga Peru zuwa Polynesia, don su nuna cewa irin wannan tafiya mai yiwuwa ce a zamanin dā. Yawancin masana suna ganin daga Asiya ne aka zauna a Polynesia.
A Chicago, Willard Libby da abokan aikinsa sun nuna yadda ake sanin shekarun tsohon itace, ƙashi da zane ta wurin carbon-14 da yake cikinsu. A 1951 ya gwada lilin daga kogon farko na Qumran; datinsa ya yi daidai da shekarun da masana suka ba naɗaɗɗun littattafan.
A Cambridge, James Watson da Francis Crick, ta wurin amfani da hotunan X-ray da Rosalind Franklin ta ɗauka a London, sun kwatanta tsarin double helix (karkace biyu) na DNA, ƙwayar da take ɗauke da gado a cikin halittu masu rai.
Tenzing Norgay da Edmund Hillary sun kai kololuwar Dutsen Everest, wuri mafi tsayi a Duniya, kimanin mita 8,849 bisa teku.