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

      May 9, 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?

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      He Thought Drinking a Lava Lamp Would Be Harmless, but It Nearly Killed Him

      Lava lamps may look harmless, with colorful blobs slowly floating through brightly colored liquid. At the height of their popularity, around 7 million were reportedly...

      MSN New, Earth

      A Giganotosaurus Attacked a Troodon, but the Tiny Dinosaur Had One Advantage

      It’s brain vs. brawns in the ultimate dinosaur showdown. In one corner, we have the giganotosaurus and in the other, the troodon. Although they lived in two...

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      What If the Allies Lost WWII?

      World War II changed the course of human history, shaping the borders, governments and technologies that define the modern world. But what if the outcome had been...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Everyone on the Plane Jumped at Once, and the Flight Turned Into Chaos

      Do you get a little nervous before a flight? If you do, you’re not alone. Between 33% and 40% of people feel some form of anxiety when they board a plane. While a giant...

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      Meet the Six Cats You Never Want to Encounter in the Wild

      Wild cats kill dozens of people worldwide every year, which probably doesn’t shock you. Here’s the part that might. House cats, the ones sleeping on your...

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      The Lake Exploded, and a 65 Foot Wave Came Rushing Toward You

      You are fishing on a calm lake under a bright, sunny sky when something suddenly feels wrong. A strange rotten egg smell fills the air, your boat begins rocking...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If Earth Were Sucked Into Strange Matter?

      Imagine waking up one morning to discover that something invisible and incredibly dense was moving toward Earth. It would not be an asteroid, a black hole, or an...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      We Built a Giant Space Station, and Millions of People Moved Into Orbit

      One day, we want to take humanity into space. But why don’t we start small? Take one solar power station, 10,000 people, and 10 million tons of crumbled Moon rock...

      MSN New, Health

      We Harnessed Earth’s Deepest Heat, and the World Became Almost Energy Independent

      Imagine if the ground beneath your feet could provide nearly limitless energy. Instead of depending on coal, oil, and natural gas, countries could drill deep into...

      MSN New, Humanity

      The Police Disappeared Overnight, and Society Fell Into Chaos

      Say hello to the future of home security: the self-shielding house! I know you’re probably thinking, “why would I need so much protection? If I’m in...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If a Black Hole Opened at CERN, and Scientists Had No Way to Stop It

      CERN, is the Nuclear Research laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland. It features the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth, the Large Hadron Collider...

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      He Stepped Into Quicksand, and the Rescue Took 12 Terrifying Hours

      In the middle of a hike through Utah’s Zion National Park, Ryan and his girlfriend Jessika were crossing a pond after spending hours on the trail. They had already...

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