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

      May 9, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?

      July 19, 2020
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      What If We Nuked an Active Volcano?

      March 11, 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

      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...

      HTS MSN

      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...

      HTS MSN

      You Sailed Into the Bermuda Triangle, and Then Your Instruments Stopped Working

      You were looking forward to a relaxing cruise across the Atlantic, but suddenly something feels very wrong. The ship begins rocking violently, your navigation equipment...

      MSN New, Earth

      Earth Lost Gravity, and Everything on the Planet Started Flying Away

      Gravity, in the literal sense, keeps everyone (and everything) on Earth grounded. It acts as the anchor that prevents objects from floating skyward. For humans...

      HTS MSN

      They Killed for Years Before Anyone Could Stop Them

      Throughout history, certain murderers have committed crimes so horrifying that their names became permanently associated with fear. They often appeared ordinary on the...

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      He Was on a Boat When the World’s Most Electrified Lake Came Alive

      You’re sitting in a small boat in the middle of a quiet lake with your fishing line stretched out into the water. Nothing about it feels threatening. Then the air...

      black and red tarantula
      MSN New, Body

      You Fell Into a Pool Full of Venomous Spiders, and There Was Nowhere to Escape

      What could a single spider bite do to your body? And what makes spider venom so deadly? Sure, spiders don’t kill humans often, but that doesn’t make them any...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Universe Started Bouncing, and Everything Could Collapse Again

      How long would we have untill the Earth got crushed into nothingness? What would we observe from down here? And what would happen next? It’s generally accepted...

      MSN New, Earth

      What Waits at the Deepest Points on the Entire Planet

      If you traveled to the deepest points of Earth, what would you find? Lost cities, mythical sea monsters, rivers of gold? Probably not. But there is still a lot to...

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