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      What If You Lived in the Stone Age?

      August 30, 2022
      Earth

      What If Spinosaurs Were Still Swimming Today?

      11 months ago
      Earth

      What If Bats Were the Size of Humans?

      October 30, 2020
      Body

      What If the Coronavirus Mutated?

      April 28, 2020
      Humanity

      What If You Lived Fifty Years in the Future?

      July 6, 2018
      MSN New, Cosmos

      One Quadrillion Gauss, and Your Body Simply Disappears Within 1,000 km of It

      One quadrillion gauss. A one with fifteen zeros behind it. That is the magnetic field strength of a magnetar, and to put it in perspective, Earth’s own field...

      HTS MSN

      People Were Already Dead, and the Music Kept Playing

      On July 24, 2010, around 1.5 million people were expected to attend the Love Parade electronic music festival in Duisburg, Germany. What was supposed to be a huge...

      Cosmos, MSN, MSN New

      What If the Moon Became a Giant Farm?

      As Earth’s population multiplies each year, we’re quickly running out of resources to feed the planet. Before long, we’re going to need more space to...

      HTS MSN

      One Mistake During This 80 MPH Headfirst Slide Could Be Fatal

      Who doesn’t love a good race? But this time you’re going headfirst at 132 km/h (80 mph) down an icy track. Only 2.5 cm (1 in) separates the hard cold ice from your...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If You Watched a Sunset on Every Planet?

      The Universe is packed with worlds where sunsets don’t just fade into night, they bend the rules of physics. From double sunsets to glowing ice and strobing pulsars...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Divide It Perfectly Today, and the Billionaires Would Simply Rebuild Themselves

      Split every dollar on Earth evenly tomorrow morning, and the billionaires would start climbing back before the year was out. Not because of conspiracy. Because of...

      Science

      What If Our Sun Were to Die?

      Are you ready for the sun to die?

      Humanity

      What If You Knew the Date and Time You Will Die?

      We all know our time here is limited. But we don’t know by how much. Are we better off not knowing when we’ll die? Or would a countdown help us all to lead...

      Earth

      Top 5 Crazy Ideas to Solve Our Trash Problem

      Scroll to the bottom to watch our video. We love our convenience — single-use plastic utensils, paper plates, disposable cups, plastic wrap, wrapping paper for...

      Earth

      What If You Spent a Month on Snake Island?

      40 km (25 mi) off the coast of Brazil lies an island so dangerous it’s illegal to visit. But rules don’t apply to you. You’re a thrill-seeking...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If The Last Ice Age Never Ended?

      Right now, a wall of ice nearly two miles thick is covering the land where Chicago used to be. And it has been moving across the continent for 20,000 years without ever...

      HTS MSN

      They Were Working Hundreds of Feet Underwater, Until One Door Turned the Rig Into a Death Trap

      On November 5, 1983, a routine maintenance operation on the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea became one of the most horrifying accidents...

      HTS MSN

      Inside the Most Complex Cave Rescue in History: The Thai Cave Story

      On June 23, 2018, twelve boys from a youth soccer team known as the Wild Boars and their assistant coach entered Thailand’s Tham Luang cave system after soccer practice...

      HTS MSN

      Things You Should Never Do When You’re Tased

      Do you know what’s worse than being tased? Being tased without any protection at all. Without the barrier of clothing, there is nothing between your skin and a high...

      MSN New

      The Extraordinary Distances That Some Animals Travel

      Across the planet, some animals repeat journeys so extreme that they make human endurance look insignificant. They cross continents, oceans, and entire hemispheres just...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What Would Happen If Humans Had a Mating Season?

      December is a very special month in many countries around the world. No, not because of Christmas. Because it’s baby-making month. Studies show December may have the...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      22,000 Pounds of Rock Falling Every Second, That Is What Living Under Martian Rings Means

      Picture standing on Mars and looking up at a ring stretching across the sky. Beautiful, until you understand what those rings eventually do. Every piece of that debris...

      Science

      What If Menstrual Products Were Free Everywhere?

      Did you know that you ladies spend about 2,300 days of your life menstruating? That amounts to about 10,400 tampons or pads, over 5,000 pills for your cramps, and about...

      MSN New

      What Would Happen If Saturn Took the Moon’s Place?

      The Moon has been quietly orbiting Earth for billions of years. It lights up our nights, influences the tides, and appears harmless from a distance. But imagine stepping...

      Earth, MSN New

      Can You Imagine a Megalodon Hiding in the Mariana Trench?

      You’re in the deepest part of our oceans. The Mariana Trench. Suddenly, your sub experiences an earthquake. And when you look outside, you see the terrifying...

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