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      What If We Nuked an Active Volcano?

      March 11, 2020
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      What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?

      July 19, 2020
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      What If Jupiter Swallowed Earth?

      June 24, 2020
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      Black Cats May Have a Genetic Advantage That Scientists Are Only Beginning to Understand

      Black cats have carried a strange reputation throughout human history. In some cultures, they were seen as sacred animals, while in others they became symbols of...

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      What Happens to Your Body If You Drink Lake Natron’s Toxic Water?

      Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is notorious for killing and preserving dead animals. If you died in its waters, its high levels of sodium carbonate would mummify your...

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      What Would Happen If We Dumped All Our Trash Into the Bermuda Triangle?

      It’s one of the most infamous and widely discussed regions on Earth. The Bermuda Triangle has been linked to ship disappearances, aircraft incidents, and decades...

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      What If Earth Were Located Near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center?

      See that strip of stars splashed across the night sky? That’s our home galaxy, the Milky Way. You can see it from Earth because we live on its very outskirts, far...

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      A Strange Gas in Venus’s Atmosphere Could Be a Sign of Alien Life

      Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according to scientists, we may be closer than ever...

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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...

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      What If You Jumped Into Saturn’s Rings?

      Since its discovery in 1610 by Galileo, the rings of Saturn have enchanted us for centuries. Remarkably, we’ve visited Saturn before. Stunning photographs taken...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Why Humans Will Never Be Able to Set Foot on Saturn

      Trying to reach Saturn would take you into one of the strangest and most dangerous environments in the Solar System. From Earth, the planet appears peaceful, surrounded...

      MSN New, Earth

      How Long Could Life Survive If the Oceans Froze?

      I hope you’ve packed some ice skates for your next trip out to sea because the oceans have completely frozen over. What conditions could cause this massive oceanic...

      MSN New, Earth

      This Bird Can Mimic Almost Any Sound, From Chainsaws to Human Speech

      In the dense forests of Australia lives one of the most extraordinary sound imitators in the animal kingdom, a bird capable of copying almost any noise it hears with...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Mars Could Be Hiding Life Beneath Its Surface, and We May Be Closer Than Ever to Finding It

      Just north of Mars’ equator lies a 45 km (28 mi) wide impact crater known as Jezero Crater. Scientists believe this location may have once held an ancient lake, making...

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      518 Men Sleep in a Room Built for 170, and That’s Not the Worst Part of This Prison

      Picture this. You just got arrested in the Philippines. You haven’t been convicted of anything, but suddenly you’re inside Manila City Jail, surrounded by...

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