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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
      Humanity

      What If We Knew the Time We Go Extinct?

      October 6, 2019
      Earth

      What If Jupiter Swallowed Earth?

      June 24, 2020
      Body

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

      May 9, 2020
      MSN New, Cosmos

      A Planet the Size of a House Sounds Perfect. Until You Try to Live There

      Would you ever want to buy your own planet? Even if it was just the size of a house? It could be the perfect vacation spot! Unbeatable privacy and breathtaking views...

      MSN New, Earth

      The World’s Longest Bridge Is Tiny Compared to This, and Building One Across an Ocean Would Change Everything

      The desire to get to one place from another has been with us for a long time. In Mycenae, Greece, ancient remnants of bridges have been found dating back to about 1600 B...

      MSN New, Earth

      Earth Orbits Betelgeuse, and Our Planet Would Never Be the Same

      The reason why we’re able to see Betelgeuse so clearly from 640 light years away is because it’s massive. In fact, it’s 12–20 times more massive than...

      HTS MSN

      He Felt Almost Nothing After the Sting, Then His Body Was Hit by Excruciating Pain

      “The pain, I could feel it come around, down my arms, across my shoulders and then it’s that instant when it’s hit my spine. It’s almost like an explosion, like a...

      HTS MSN

      She Went to Dog Sit for the Holidays, and Ended Up Fighting for Her Life

      The morning of her 22nd birthday, all Jacqueline Durand expected to do was drop in at a friend’s home to take care of two dogs. But that was to change, as she...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If All 7,000 Languages Became One? Here’s What We’d Lose

      In September 2019, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary added 530 new words to its collection, which now totals roughly 470,000 words. Needless to say, language, all languages...

      MSN New, Earth

      We Drain a Giant Coral Atoll for More Living Space, and the Consequences Spread Worldwide

      Let’s face it. There are A LOT of us, and it’s getting more than a little crowded. Right now, there are over 7.7 billion people on Earth, and the United Nations predicts...

      MSN New, Humanity

      A Real Death Star Would Be Possible. Here’s What It Would Take

      Imagine looking into the night sky and seeing a structure so enormous that it could be mistaken for a small moon. Instead, it would be an artificial world built by...

      HTS MSN

      Gyorgy Dozsa Led Thousands Into Battle, and His Captors Prepared a Horrific Execution

      Gyorgy Dozsa was a soldier who became the leader of a massive peasant uprising in Hungary during the early 1500s. He had earned a reputation for bravery during wars...

      MSN New, Earth

      Summer Disappeared for an Entire Year, and a Volcano Was to Blame

      We’re trained to love summer. From the moment you start school, the year splits neatly into term time and those long empty months, and even after you’re...

      HTS MSN

      It Was His First Day at the Factory, and He Was Crushed by a Machine He Thought Was Off

      Starting a new job is supposed to be the beginning of something positive. For Lawrence “Day” Davis, however, his first shift at a factory ended in tragedy...

      HTS MSN

      He Was Pushed Into an Open Manhole, and Emergency Crews Could Only Watch

      Most people go through the streets of a busy city without giving much consideration to what is underneath their feet. However, in the case of a man from New York, a late...

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