What If Show
  • Home
  • Cosmos
  • Earth
  • Humanity
  • Survival
  • Philosophy
  • What If Kids
  • Map View
  • Solar View
  • BOOK
  • ···
    What If Show
    • Home
    • Cosmos
    • Earth
    • Humanity
    • Survival
    • Philosophy
    • What If Kids
    • Map View
    • Solar View
    • BOOK
    • ···
      What If Show
      • Home
      • Cosmos
      • Earth
      • Humanity
      • Survival
      • Philosophy
      • What If Kids
      • Map View
      • Solar View
      • BOOK
      Body

      What Exactly Happens If You Get Hospitalized With COVID-19?

      May 9, 2020
      Earth

      What If We Nuked an Active Volcano?

      March 11, 2020
      Humanity

      What If We Knew the Time We Go Extinct?

      October 6, 2019
      Earth

      What If Jupiter Swallowed Earth?

      June 24, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?

      July 19, 2020
      Generic selectors
      Exact matches only
      Search in title
      Search in content
      Post Type Selectors
      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If We Could Build a Matrioshka Brain?

      Do you ever question the nature of your reality? Are you real? Or are you a product of some complex computer simulation? What I’m about to tell you might change...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Imagine If Eath 2.0 Was in Our Solar System?

      Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we’re bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary neighborhood. Where would this planet...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If Jupiter Were a Rocky Planet Instead of a Gas Giant?

      Jupiter is old. Like 4.5 billion years old. It started as a swirling disk of gas and dust that formed into a pretty big planetary core. With time, Jupiter’s core...

      Humanity, MSN New

      Global Tensions Pointing to the Next World War

      Could World War III really happen before 2030? Old rivalries and power moves are pushing nations to the edge. Let’s break down five conflicts that could ignite the next...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Would Happen IF Antarctica’s Dormant Volcanoes Woke Up?

      Deep beneath the thick layer of million-year-old ice, something is lurking quietly, waiting to rip through the rigid ice sheets. This enormous icy wasteland is sitting...

      Earth, MSN New

      Imagine If We Drilled a Hole at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench?

      In the western Pacific, the Mariana Trench isn’t the most popular travel spot. It’s frigid and bone-crushingly deep, not something you pick for your vacation...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If the Oceans Vanished in a Global Boil?

      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...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Would Happen If We Burn All the Oil?

      In 2018, the Earth had about 1,730 billion barrels in crude oil reserves, with oil companies pumping out about 94.7 million barrels each day. The Wall Street Journal...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What Would Happen If Putin Suddenly Died?

      A former KGB agent, Vladimir Putin, likes to project what he considers to be a masculine image. Reports state his obsession with returning Russia to the former glory...

      Earth, Cosmos, MSN New

      What Would Happen If the Sun Exploded Tomorrow?

      That star at the center of our Solar System, that superhot ball of plasma that gives us heat and energy, and amazing complexions… well, it’s a ticking time...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Biggest Lies You Were Told About Space

      THE SUN IS A GIANT BALL OF FIRE No. Our Sun isn’t a raging bonfire in the center of the Solar System. It’s actually a nuclear reactor. Inside stars, hydrogen...

      Humanity, MSN New

      Nicolas Maduro Among the Top 8 Most Dangerous Leaders Today

      Number 1: Vladimir Putin. The Russian President has been one of the leading dangerous figures globally for some time now. Putin has shown he’s not afraid to go...

      1 2 3 … 124 Next

      Follow What If

      • youtube
      • facebook
      • instagram
      • twitter

      Popular What Ifs

      Body

      What If You Slept for the Next 20 Years?

      Survival, Earth

      How to Survive the Killer Lakes

      Humanity

      What If Poltergeists Were Real?

      Technology

      What If We Could Upload Fake Memories Into the Brain?

      Earth

      What If We Never Started Hunting Whales?

      Follow the What If show

      • youtube
      • snapchat
      • facebook
      • instagram

      Underknown

      Making science accessible on social media since 2017. Find out more

      Contact
      Advertise
      Licensing
      Newsletter
      Privacy Policy
      Cookie Policy
      Terms of Service
      Our Production Process

      About

      What If is presented by Underknown, a production company creating a variety of short-doc series that search for the underlying truth of how our world operates and how it came to be. Our shows take you to the frontiers of science and make the most complex ideas and theories entertaining and accessible.

      Popular What Ifs

      What if Some of the Space Facts You Believe Are Actually Untrue?

      What If You Didn’t Change Your Underwear For One Year?

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

      Topics

      • Body229
      • Cosmos258
      • Earth291
      • Humanity149
      • Technology37

      Copyright © 2026 Underknown, Backyard Media Inc. All Rights Reserved.