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

      May 9, 2020
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      What If We Knew the Time We Go Extinct?

      October 6, 2019
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      What If We Nuked an Active Volcano?

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      Would Ecosystems Collapse If we Killed All spiders?

      Spiders are prolific. There are 45,000 species of spiders that we currently know of, and scientists estimate that there are twice that amount we haven’t discovered...

      Earth, MSN New

      How the African Continent Might Tear Itself Apart

      You’ve seen politics and national borders change all the time, but have you ever witnessed a continent literally breaking apart? Well, it’s possible, and...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Would Happen If You Jumped Into Lake Natron?

      Before we take the plunge, we could better take a look at what Lake Natron is made of. Much like the Dead Sea, this lake in Tanzania doesn’t run off into any...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Imagine If Halley’s Comet Crashed into the Moon

      There’s a giant, peanut-shaped object orbiting the Sun, and it’s name is Halley’s comet. Like all comets, it’s a cosmic mashup of frozen ice, gases, and dust...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Really Happened After the Dinosaurs Went Extinct?

      Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid as big as Mount Everest was headed on a deadly collision course with Earth. The impact was so devastating that it wiped out the...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What Happens When You Detonate a Nuke on Mars?

      You would live in giant glass domes, and grow small portions of food inside. And if you happen to go outside, it would be in your big clunky spacesuit, and you...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What Happens When You Light a Match on Jupiter?

      Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. It’s 300 times more massive than Earth. But it’s less dense than our home. With no solid surface, this planet is...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If a U.S. Decision Started World War III?

      The time for talk is over. Now the biggest countries on Earth are fighting for global supremacy. What would happen if the United States started World War III? Who would...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Would Happen IF You Fell Into Niagara Falls?

      They’re not the biggest falls on Earth, not by a long shot. But they’re certainly among the most famous. Niagara Falls attracts millions of visitors from...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If World War III Erupted Tomorrow Morning?

      Human history has been full of battles and wars, some big and some small. But if World War 3 were to happen, it might be humanity’s biggest battle yet. Advanced...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If You Lived on Mars 1 Billion Years Ago?

      THE BEGINNING – 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO On Mars, this period is known as the Pre-Noachian era. Mars has just formed from dust and gas in the protoplanetary disk...

      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...

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