The renaissance was a time of rebirth and an interest in the classical ideas. People were becoming more open to new thinking and new techniques developed. In science, we can see advances in biology. The microscope was invented, ideas on astronomy, and the earth, and a lot of inventions. If you classify them as scientific, there was the musket and printing press, and the telescope. Health progressed past just faith and herbs. Sanitary conditions improved, vaccines developed, and understanding of the human body grew. Ideas from deVinci's notebook can be seen today. For religion, philosophies like humanism, a focus on individualism and position in the world, grew. The church was against humanism as they focused more on life after death but humanism also appreciated the present. The emergence of different thinking helped people grow away from the church and explore new ideas. They were more open to some growing ideas, like rationalism and secularism. People were more skeptical of religion and more focused on a human and present centered perspective.