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

      May 9, 2020
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      What If Jupiter Swallowed Earth?

      June 24, 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?

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

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      What If Earth Was Shaped Like a Polyhedron?

      Polyhedrons come in all shapes and sizes. Anything that has multiple faces joined at their edges can be a polyhedron. Picture Earth as a six-sided cube. Or as a...

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      What If Russia Never Had Putin as President?

      As the world watches the war Russia brutally started in Ukraine, you wonder how these countries would be different if the dictator Vladimir Putin never took office. Who...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Betelgeuse Exploded Right Now?

      Betelgeuse is one of the closest stars to Earth, at a distance of only 650 light-years away. This makes Betelgeuse a fan-favorite with professional and amateur...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If Mammoths Were Still Alive Today?

      These shaggy haired herbivores are cousins to the modern day Asian elephant. Weighing in at 5.44 metric tons and around 3 to 4 meters (11 to 13 feet) tall, they were...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Life If You Were Born on Mars

      Martians might really exist… In the future. But instead of the aliens of sci-fi movies, martians would be humans born and raised on Mars. Why would your skin be...

      Earth, MSN New

      Never Do These Things During a Tornado

      The emergency alert just appeared on your phone. The sky is turning dark and the wind is getting unbearable. A massive column of air is spinning its way toward you. You...

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      What If a Tornado Hit a Supervolcano Like Yellowstone?

      Imagine a tornado spinning over an erupting supervolcano. The result would be catastrophic beyond comprehension. While such a collision is incredibly unlikely, exploring...

      Earth, MSN New

      What You Must Do to Survive an F5 Tornado

      This is an F5 tornado, and it’s one of nature’s most destructive forces. Could you survive being sucked in? Yeah, imagine getting scooped up like a meat...

      MSN New, Earth

      Earth in a Billion Years: What Scientists Predict

      One billion years into the future, you might imagine a world full of artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and space colonies. Maybe we’ll see the end of...

      MSN New, Survival

      The Brutal Reality of Surviving Snake Island

      About 33 km (20 mi) off the coast of Brazil, near the state of Sao Paulo, there’s a place so dangerous that it’s uninhabited and closed to visitors or tours...

      Humanity, MSN New

      A.I. Simulates the Next American Civil War

      You and your family wake up to an emergency broadcast: “The United States is now in a state of emergency. Riots erupt, statues are torn down, and the government...

      Humanity, MSN New

      6 Worst Ship Disasters of All Time

      Would you dare to hit the open seas and experience some of the worst ship disasters of all time? From explosions to icebergs and massive storms to the infamous...

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