What If You Drank From Lake Natron?

Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is notorious for killing and preserving dead animals. If you died in its waters, its high levels of sodium carbonate would mummify your...

What If You Always Ate Your Boogers?

Boogers. We all get them. Gooey or crusty. But it’s how you get rid of them that’s causing controversy. Why do we love picking our noses? How unhealthy would...

What If We Drilled Through Mars?

  If you were to drill straight down into Mars, what would you find? Would the red planet reveal its true colors? Would you finally discover life on Mars? And how...

What If Earth Froze Overnight?

Overnight, our planet has gone from a pale blue dot to a glistening white snowglobe. Stretches of Earth have become frozen wastelands that are completely inhospitable...

How to Survive a Bridge Collapse

You’re stuck in traffic in the middle of a large bridge, and the ground begins shaking violently. Suddenly, the bridge cracks open, and the cars in front of you...

What If You Only Drank Gatorade?

You had a long, exhausting workout. And you’re thirsty. Why not grab a Gatorade? The perfect drink to pick you up when you need it. Or is it? How does it affect...

What If You Ate Nothing But Earwax?

It can be bright yellow, orange or reddish. It’s sticky, slimy and sometimes hard. And I’m not talking about honey. I mean earwax, the stuff that your body...