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      What If You Fell out of an Airplane at 30,000 Feet?

      August 5, 2019
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      What If You Could Untie Your Belly Button?

      September 27, 2021
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      What If You Fell Into the Deepest Hole on Earth?

      December 12, 2019
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      What If We Nuked the Sun?

      July 21, 2022
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      What If We Could Create Anti-Gravity?

      January 13, 2020
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      MSN New, Humanity

      The Internet Just Went Dark for Good. Here’s What Happens to Us

      Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and reaching for your phone. You tap your favorite social media app, but nothing loads. You try opening your email, searching on...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Mars Soil Is Toxic to Plants, but Fungi Could Change Everything

      What if humans could actually grow food on Mars? Not inside sealed laboratories or artificial hydroponic systems, but directly in the Martian ground itself. Could alien...

      Earth

      What If a Giant Sea Scorpion Fought a Killer Whale?

      Millions of years ago, this giant sea scorpion terrorized the ocean. It was the apex predator of its time. So what if we brought it into the modern-day and had it fight...

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      Why You Never Hear an Owl Attack Coming

      Your hike in the woods ran a little late, and suddenly it’s pitch dark. You can’t see much, except for a pair of round, yellow lights. But they have started...

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      WWII’s Dark Secret: The Massacre of Crocodile Island

      World War II produced countless brutal battles, but few are surrounded by as much mystery and horror as the events on Ramree Island in 1945. At the time, roughly 1,000...

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      The Ocean Is Swallowing Your Cruise Ship, and Survival Comes Down to These Moves

      A cruise vacation can make the ocean feel almost harmless. You spend your day surrounded by restaurants, pools, entertainment, and hundreds of other passengers, while...

      MSN New, Humanity

      1,000 Years From Now, Humans Will Be Engineered for a New World

      If you could step into a time machine and travel 1,000 years into the future, would you even recognize humanity? Would we still look like we do today, or would...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Jupiter Just Lost All Its Moons, and the Fallout Is Catastrophic

      What if Jupiter’s 79 moons weren’t gravitationally bound to Jupiter? What if they became rogue objects orbiting on their own paths around the Sun? Would they still be...

      MSN New

      What Would Happen if a Human Actually Ate an Alien

      Are we alone in this universe? Is there intelligent life out there? Or are they living among us? Humans have wondered about aliens for centuries. But, have you ever...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Happens the Moment Two Black Holes Collide

      Black holes are the gravitational monsters of the Universe. They are so powerful that nothing, even light, can escape their grasp. One black hole is bad enough. But if...

      Cosmos, Science

      What If the Earth Was Tidally Locked to the Sun?

      What if one side of the Earth always faced the Sun, while the other side was forever shrouded in darkness? Just how hot would it be on the bright side? And how cold...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Every Planet in the Solar System Could Support Life?

      Make room, earthling. We’re moving the other planets in our Solar System into our planetary neck of the woods. Would all the planets fit into this Goldilocks zone? What...

      MSN New, Humanity

      You Spend 1,000 Years Cryogenically Frozen, and Nature Has Reclaimed the World

      Rise and shine! You’ve been asleep for 1,000 years! And the view outside is not how you remembered it. Rising temperatures, rising sea levels, declining air...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Pipes Explode Underground First, Then the Streets Fill With What You Sent Away

      Somewhere under the street you live on, there is a pipe. And in this scenario, it is about to burst. The plan is simple and completely insane. Everyone on Earth flushes...

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      No Glow, No Warning, It Simply Arrives

      There would be no flash in the sky. No sirens. Nothing on the news telling you to take cover. A black hole does not announce itself. It gives off no light, no heat, no...

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      She Tried to Feed Her Pet Iguana, but It Jumped for Her Face

      They’re fast. They’re sticky. And they are deadly. These lizards can chase you on land, water and even air. Their camouflage helps them hide in the wild...

      Humanity

      12 Catastrophic Events That Could Wipe Out Humanity

      Throughout history, humanity has faced existential threats like giant asteroids and invisible viruses. Despite the danger, we always bounce back. But how much longer can...

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      How Long Could You Survive Lost in the Andes Mountains?

      There’s nothing better than being in the mountains. The air is fresh and cool. The scenery is like the Lord of the Rings movies. What could be better? Suddenly...

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      It’s National Pet Day: What If We Didn’t Have Pets?

      Pets can be many things to people. To some, pets are life-changing family members. To others, they’re noisy troublemakers. And pets are the stars of hilarious...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb on Mars?

      Life on Mars would be nothing like life on Earth. The first settlers would probably spend most of their time inside sealed habitats protected from radiation and the...

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