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      Science

      What If You Fell Into Jupiter?

      December 5, 2018
      Cosmos

      What If We Could Open a Portal to a Parallel Universe?

      September 3, 2019
      Earth

      What If Megalodon Fought Titanoboa?

      March 10, 2023
      Cosmos, Science

      What If The Sun Was Smaller Than The Earth?

      August 17, 2018
      Cosmos

      What If You Climbed the Highest Mountain in the Solar System?

      February 21, 2022
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      What You Should Never Do on an Airplane

      You’re halfway through your flight when you start feeling nauseous. You don’t usually get airsick. But today you’re feeling terrible. What...

      Earth

      What If We Dumped All Our Trash in the Oceans?

      You’d better mind your waste because it’s not piling up in landfills anymore. Today, we’re going to dump it all straight into the oceans. How much trash would that...

      MSN New, Earth

      Discover What Historians Found in a Hidden Amazon Civilization

      For centuries, the Amazon rainforest has been seen as one of the last truly unexplored places on Earth. Covering millions of square kilometers, it is home to countless...

      Earth

      What If the Earth Was Spinning on Its Side?

      During Earth’s early days, a gargantuan collision left our planet spinning at an angle. That slight incline allowed life as you know it to flourish. But what if this...

      HTS MSN

      Dolphins Aren’t Always as Friendly as You Think

      Lexi Yeo thought dolphins were friendly creatures until swimming with them changed her mind forever. Out of nowhere, an aggressive bottlenose dolphin started to bite...

      MSN New, Earth

      Scientists Warn That Civilization Could Collapse by 80 Years From Now

      What if you could time-travel a hundred years from now. How would the planet look like? Would human beings still be in the picture? Only in the past year, our...

      MSN New

      They Found the Strangest and Rarest Crocodile in the World

      Deep in the winding rivers of northern India and Nepal, researchers searching for one of the world’s most elusive reptiles made an incredible discovery. Gliding...

      MSN New

      Scientists Discovered Time Travel May Already Be Happening

      Time travel has long been a favorite idea in science fiction. Stories about changing the past or visiting the future have captured imaginations for generations. While...

      Cosmos

      Things You Were Lied to About Space

      The Sun is Yellow If you’ve always thought our star was a bright yellow ball of fire, you were wrong. For starters, it’s not yellow. It’s green. Sort...

      Science

      What If We Could Build a Replica of the Sun on Earth?

      Imagine what it would be like to have miniature version of our Sun right here on Earth. Would this artificial star provide us with an infinite supply of clean energy...

      Cosmos, MSN, MSN New

      What If We Captured an Interstellar Object?

      An unexpected guest has made its way into our Solar System. It’s an interstellar object, an ISO. And it’s tumbling through space in a way that can’t be explained by...

      HTS MSN

      Exotic Animal Owner Nearly Kills a Community: The Zanesville Massacre

      In the fall of 2011, the quiet town of Zanesville, Ohio, was thrown into chaos by an event so extreme it stunned the entire United States. What began as an ordinary...

      MSN New

      Journey Through Earth’s Most Lethal Liquids

      Prepare yourself for a dive into some of the deadliest environments on Earth. From scalding waters and venomous creatures to freezing chemicals and molten rock, each...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If You Spent 5 Seconds on Triton?

      You might be wondering how I keep ending up in these situations. Well, let me roll it back a bit. Triton, Neptune’s gargantuan moon, is one of the strangest objects in...

      HTS MSN

      How to Survive a Sinking Ship, According to Science

      You are enjoying a peaceful day aboard a cruise ship. The ocean is calm, the sun is shining, and everything feels safe. Then, without warning, disaster strikes. A rogue...

      MSN New, Humanity

      You Just Stopped Being Able to Stop Growing, and Here’s What Happens

      We all know that growing up can come with its aches and pains. But at a certain point, our genes flip the switch, and our bodies stop growing. I know, I know, it’s...

      MSN New, Earth

      Earth Just Gained a Second Moon, and Here’s What It Does to Us

      Despite what you think, the Earth isn’t really the monogamous type. Along with the Moon, Earth has another moonlike companion – a small asteroid wandering...

      Earth

      6 Things That Would Happen If an Asteroid Hit Earth in 2024

      It might sound like a scene from a science fiction movie, but the threat of an asteroid hitting Earth is more realistic than you might expect. One asteroid in...

      MSN New

      China’s Artificial Moon: What It Could Mean for Life on Earth

      We can already build massive structures in space. Not planet sized yet, but still impressive by any historical standard. Right now, Earth’s lower orbit is crowded with...

      MSN New, Earth

      Prehistoric Earth Explained: What Life Was Really Like

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Millions of years in the past, early humans existed in a world where survival was never certain. They faced constant dangers from wild...

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