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      Cosmos

      What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?

      July 19, 2020
      Earth

      What If We Nuked an Active Volcano?

      March 11, 2020
      Body

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

      May 9, 2020
      Earth

      What If Jupiter Swallowed Earth?

      June 24, 2020
      Humanity

      What If We Knew the Time We Go Extinct?

      October 6, 2019
      MSN New, Cosmos

      A Gamma Ray Burst Is Headed Straight for a Black Hole, and Reality Is About to Get Extreme

      Picture a burst of energy so powerful that it can outshine entire regions of the cosmos, racing directly toward an object with gravity strong enough to trap light. A...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Your Thoughts Go Online, and the Internet Becomes Part of Your Mind

      Imagine waking up tomorrow and realizing you no longer need a phone, a keyboard, or even a screen. You simply think about a question, and the answer appears in your mind...

      MSN New, Humanity

      AI Predicts World War III in 2026, and the First Attack Leaves America in Darkness

      Skyscrapers that once lit up the night now disappear into complete darkness. Streets that were once filled with traffic and people become strangely silent. Cars stop...

      MSN New, Earth

      Bread, Beer, and Mud Brick Homes: This Is What Life Was Like in Ancient Egypt

      When most people think of Ancient Egypt, they picture towering pyramids, golden treasures, and powerful rulers commanding vast kingdoms. While those images are certainly...

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      You Reach Out to Pet a Horse, Then It Rears Up and Comes Crashing Down

      You’re reaching out to pet a horse when it tries to chomp on your arm. Startled, you step back and the horse rears up. If it comes down on you, you could be...

      MSN New, Earth

      30 km of Crust and Nothing Beneath It: Welcome to a Hollow Earth

      What Earth do you live on? A round one? Flat one? Maybe your world is resting on the back of a huge cosmic turtle? What about a hollow Earth? Just a planet’s shell...

      MSN New, Earth

      He Claimed to Be From 2036, and His Time Machine Was Supposed to Exist by 2034

      In 1998, a gentleman by the name of John Titor arrived from the future, or so he said. In his timeline, as he claimed, General Electric had managed to invent time travel...

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      One Person Dies Every Day Falling Down Stairs, and Your Home Has Even More Dangers

      Home is supposed to be the place where you feel safest. Yet ordinary household activities can sometimes lead to serious accidents, especially when people become...

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      He Was Attacked by a Cougar on a Hike, and Fighting Back Saved His Life

      You are walking along a quiet trail when something suddenly moves inside the bushes. There is barely any wind, so the rustling immediately catches your attention. Then...

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      She Escaped North Korea, Got Caught, Then Risked Everything to Escape Again

      Could you face guards who shoot to kill? Swim for hours or even days in the open sea? Or cross a vast, hostile desert? What kind of place can push a person to make these...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      6.5 Million Kilometers Apart and Jupiter Still Ruins Everything

      Earth occupies a remarkably convenient position around the Sun. We orbit within a region where temperatures can potentially allow liquid water to remain on a...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      −270°C and Not a Single Star in Sight: Welcome to the Boötes Void

      Imagine pointing the fastest spacecraft imaginable toward a destination so distant that even light would need hundreds of millions of years to reach it. After an...

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