08/11/2025
On this day — 8 November 1895 — physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays, the invisible rays that unlocked a whole new way of seeing inside the body. What started as a laboratory curiosity quickly became a clinical game-changer: X-rays made fractures, hidden infections and many other conditions visible without surgery, and they paved the way for CT scans, mammography and the modern imaging tools clinicians use today.
And because science needs a sense of humour: our X-ray shows the one thing every carer secretly knows is always in there — a cat. Turns out the brain’s top priority hasn’t changed in 130 years: naps, snacks and purrs. 🐱🩻