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      What If You Were the Only Person Immune to COVID-19?

      October 23, 2020
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      What If We Detected a Signal from Outer Space?

      April 12, 2020
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      What If You Could Stop Time?

      February 24, 2019
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      What If You Jumped Into Saturn’s Rings?

      May 7, 2020
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      What If We Stopped Animal Testing?

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      She Was Mauled by Three Pit Bulls, and a Passing Farmer Saved Her Life

      On a seemingly ordinary day, 38 year old Kyleen Waltman was walking to her mother’s house when three pit bulls suddenly attacked her. What happened next left her...

      Science

      What If We Geo-Engineered Earth?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] The world is heating up! But you’ve known that for a while. How long before it’s too late? Its estimated...

      Cosmos, Earth

      8 Space Lies You Were Told About Space

      From blockbuster movies to simplified lessons in school, many of us have been taught ideas about space that are not entirely true. Some of these myths are harmless...

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      What If Jupiter Swallowed Every Other Planet in the Solar System?

      You start your day hearing wild news. Jupiter has just swallowed Saturn. And it doesn’t stop there. Jupiter is on its way to swallow every planet in the Solar...

      Humanity

      What If We Become a Type 1 Civilization?

      Scroll down to watch the video. Imagine if we could control earthquakes and tsunamis to generate power. Or maybe even terraform every planet in the solar system. These...

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      Hangover Headache? Science Explains How to Fix It

      After a night of drinking, the morning after can feel like a punishment your body is not prepared for. Dry mouth that feels like sandpaper, a pounding head, a face that...

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      Thousands Entered the Subway, Then a Deadly Gas Attack Began

      Millions of people packed into Tokyo’s subway system on the morning of March 20, 1995, exactly as they did every weekday. Trains ran on time. Office workers drank...

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      Black Widows Are Nesting in Your House. Here’s the Plan

      You put on your shoe and feel a burning pain in your foot right away. Your whole leg starts feeling stiff. The room spins as your vision blurs, and your stomach clenches...

      Humanity

      What If There Were No More Cats?

      Scroll down to watch our video. Where would I be without you, Mr. Mittens? It’s not a meme; it’s a fact: We can’t live without cats. Do you know why...

      MSN New, Earth, Humanity

      The Longest Anyone Has Lived Underwater Is 31 Days, and Companies Are Planning Cities

      The record for living underwater currently stands at 31 days. One month. That is the ceiling of human experience beneath the surface, and there are companies right now...

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      3 Real Grizzly Attacks and the One Rule That Decided Who Lived

      Grizzly bears are a North American subspecies of brown bears. And it’s scary that brown bear attacks are increasing all over the planet. Between 2000 and 2015, there...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen If Humanity Relocated to Kepler 22b?

      Six hundred and thirty five light years from Earth lies a world that continues to capture the imagination of scientists and space enthusiasts alike. It is called Kepler...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Why No Country Would Ever Actually Win World War III

      Whenever people imagine World War III, the question is always the same: who would win? The United States, Russia, or China are usually seen as the three most powerful...

      Cosmos

      Scientists Discovered the Most Terrifying Planet That Looks Like Earth

      This blue, marble-like planet looks just like Earth. But only five seconds on this hostile death-orb would kill you. Welcome to HD 189733b. This planet is enormous. Even...

      Cosmos

      What If You Spent a Day on Every Planet in Our Solar System?

      Body-crushing pressure. Toxic atmospheres. Unbearable temperatures. That’s what would be in store if you visited other planets in our Solar System. But what other...

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      30 Minutes to Death, The Bite You Can’t Ignore

      Imagine opening your door and coming face to face with one of the deadliest snakes on Earth. You have only seconds to react. A bite from a highly venomous snake can send...

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      The Real Danger of Artificial Intelligence Is Not What You Think

      When people imagine artificial intelligence taking over, they usually picture something straight out of a science fiction movie. Giant robots patrol the streets...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Humans Just Lost the Ability to Sleep. Here’s What Follows

      Our world is sleep-deprived. In the last century, people slept an average of nine hours per night. Today, more than half the world’s population gets by on less...

      MSN New, Earth

      Lava Hits 1,200 Degrees and Nitrogen Sits at Minus 210, So You Would Need Cannonballs

      Lava reaches 1,200 degrees Celsius. Liquid nitrogen sits at minus 210. Put those two numbers side by side and the experiment writes itself. What happens if you dump one...

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      They Found the World’s Biggest Spider Deep in the South American Rainforest

      If you have arachnophobia, you might want to look away. What you are about to hear sounds like something pulled straight from a nightmare. Deep in the rainforests of...

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