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      Astrophysicist Reveals What Happens If We Knew Our Exact Extinction Date

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      What If You Didn’t Wash Your Hands for a Year?

      March 27, 2020
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      What If You Were Bitten by One Million Mosquitoes?

      July 23, 2021
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      What If You Had Eyes Like a Fly?

      August 9, 2022
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      What If a Cockroach Crawled Into Your Brain?

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      $20,000. 8.4 kilos of heroin. 11 lost years.

      Paul Hayward seemed destined for a very different future. A talented Australian rugby player, a skilled boxer with Olympic ambitions, and a devoted husband and father...

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      Why Humans Wouldn’t Last If Monkeys Ruled Earth

      The monkeys have revolted. And not just with brute strength or violence. Primates have finally outsmarted humankind once and for all. It’s their planet now. How...

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      Survival Guide to the Blue Ringed Octopus Bite

      This small, cute looking creature is one of the most dangerous animals in the ocean. It hides on shallow reefs, blending into its surroundings. While snorkeling or...

      Earth

      What If a Turkey Hit Earth at the Speed of Light?

      Deep frying a turkey can often times be incredibly dangerous. So why don’t we try a different cooking method? Let’s send our turkey up into space, and have...

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      What Happens If a Horse Turns Aggressive and How to Escape

      You reach out to pet a horse when it suddenly snaps at your arm. Startled, you step back. The horse rears up. If it comes down on you, the injuries can be serious. One...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If You Could Survive on the Moons of Jupiter?

      Jupiter is the king of moons. With 95 of them orbiting the gas giant, some are so large they rival planets in size. But what would it actually be like to live on one of...

      Earth, MSN New

      Would Ecosystems Collapse If we Killed All spiders?

      Spiders are prolific. There are 45,000 species of spiders that we currently know of, and scientists estimate that there are twice that amount we haven’t discovered...

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      Our Earth With No Gravity: What Would Happen?

      If gravity were suddenly gone forever we’d all realize pretty quickly how much we’re taking this universal force for granted.

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      The Strangest Exoplanet in the Universe Has a Dark Secret

      Picture a world where ice does not melt, even while the ground glows with temperatures hotter than molten metal. Far beyond our solar system, astronomers discovered a...

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      Death Diving Is Exactly as Dangerous as It Sounds, and This Is How to Survive It

      You’ve tried Chess boxing, Kabbadi, and cheese rolling. And now your pursuit for crazy sports has brought you to Death Diving. Now, you’re 10 m (33 ft) high...

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      The Webcam Was Still Recording When the Volcano Erupted, and 22 Never Came Home

      December 9, 2019. Whakaari, better known as White Island, sits about 48 kilometers off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, steaming quietly the way it has for...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If Elon Musk Owned Mars?

      Elon Musk has just claimed Mars as his own personal planet. Building his own human colony on the Red Planet, independent of Earth and with it’s own set of laws...

      Science

      What If A Mega-Tsunami Hit The United States?

      In six hours, you, your government, and 124 million other people across 14 states will be tested by the greatest disaster to ever hit the U.S. East Coast. A great wave...

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      The Deadliest Plague in History Had a Survival Playbook. Here’s What Worked

      The Black Death is a deadly plague that struck Europe and Asia in the 1300s. Eventually, it killed over 50 million people worldwide. Once its bacteria infects your body...

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      What If Elon Musk Became President?

      What if, instead of Trump or Biden becoming the next U.S. President, there was a third-party candidate? And that candidate was Elon Musk? What if Elon Musk became the...

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      A Gamma Ray Burst Collided With a Black Hole, and the Universe Would Get Very Strange

      Picture taking the single most energetic explosion the universe produces and hurling it directly at one of the most powerful gravitational objects ever discovered. On...

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      She Walked Into the Freezer to Check the Inventory, and the Broken Door Became a Death Trap

      A walk in freezer is supposed to be a routine part of working in a restaurant. Employees enter, collect ingredients, check supplies, and walk back out. But when a safety...

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      It Erupted 640,000 Years Ago, and It Built the Landscape You See Today

      The scenery at Yellowstone did not form gently. Those valleys, ridges, and wide open basins were carved by explosions, and the most recent one happened roughly 640,000...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Really Happened After the Dinosaurs Went Extinct?

      Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid as big as Mount Everest was headed on a deadly collision course with Earth. The impact was so devastating that it wiped out the...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If Earth Orbited Jupiter?

      Imagine you had to experience an apocalypse every day. Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, asteroid showers. Every day would be a struggle for survival. That’s because...

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