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Bym
I don’t know if chazal knew all of science or just what was nogeia to their limud Hatorah. However it is possible they knew things that Hashem did not want revealed and they therefore could not reveal it. I’m sure you know the story with the Chazon Ish and brain surgery (it’s a true story and I heard the diagram is online someplace). If the Chazon Ish who never learned secular subjects can extract such wisdom from the Torah only 60 some odd years ago who knows what chazal knew? You do realize that Hashem has allowed science to progress at a very fast rate in the last 150 years. Its not because we are smarter Hashem has a plan for humanity and he wants us to have certain information at certain times. I wouldn’t be so impressed with science. Just like most of the science of 50 years ago has been debunked today and is irrelevant, much of today’s science that people are so obsessed with today will also be found to be irrelevant in 50 years. Theres so much that the scientists don’t know. I’m not sure why anyone would be impressed with them. They ar