Right now, wherever you are, you are spinning with our planet at hundreds of meters per second. But what if our planet started hitting the brakes until our world didn’t...
Category - Earth
This looks like a perfectly normal beach, but one step in the wrong direction and you’ll be swallowed by a pit of viscous sand. And I hope you’ve been hitting the gym...
It’s about to get really hot down on Earth. Because all our oceans suddenly started to boil, sending steam into the atmosphere at an alarming rate. Why would all...
The ground around the Empire State Building appears to be sinking. This historic landmark is about to get lost in a giant pit. And you will be coming down with it. If a...
Today on What If, we’re going to build the highest bridge on planet Earth. Welcome to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the “Roof of the World.”It’s home to the world’s...
Something is very wrong with our Sun. It’s turned into a spinning lighthouse of death. What would make the Sun so much more deadly than usual? Would there be any way...
Birthday balloons falling limply to the ground. Satellites, medical scanners and TVs fading to black. And twinkling stars in the night sky disappearing one by one. All...
An ancient creature is lurking in the ocean. It’s double the size of a T.rex. Its gigantic jaws could crush a car. And now, it’s on the hunt for you...
Imagine Earth with an even 50/50 split between continents and oceans. Our planet covered half by land half by water. How would this change the planet as you know it...
