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      What If You Ate Uranium?

      January 19, 2019
      Earth, MSN

      7 Ways Earth Was Completely Different 2 Billion Years Ago

      11 months ago
      Cosmos

      What If You Were Born on the Moon?

      May 9, 2022
      MSN New, Earth

      Find Out What Would Happen If All Antarctica’s Ice Suddenly Melted

      2 months ago
      Cosmos

      What If You Visited Earth’s Next Space Station?

      April 25, 2022
      Humanity

      What If We Raised Dinosaurs for Food?

      With the world’s population growing every year, we need to find ways to produce more food. So, if we could bring dinosaurs back from the dead, would you eat them...

      MSN New

      What If We Lived in a Globular Cluster?

      Take some cosmic dust and gas, add billions and billions of planets and a whole lot of stars to the mix. Spice it all up with a handful of gravity to hold things...

      HTS MSN

      Why He Didn’t Survive North Korea: The Otto Warmbier Tragedy

      In January 2016, 22 year old American college student Otto Warmbier boarded a tour flight out of North Korea expecting to return home after a short New Year’s...

      Cosmos

      What If You Were Made of Dark Matter?

      What would it actually be like if every particle in your body converted into a dark matter particle? And how long could you last in that state? Everything that we can...

      Earth

      What If Oxygen Doubled in Earth’s Atmosphere?

      Take a deep breath. We take 23,000 breaths a day; trying to get oxygen to our brain and cells. Oxygen is essential to our survival. But it’s a only small...

      MSN New

      What If You Could See the 4th Dimension?

      Imagine waking up one morning with an extraordinary new ability: the power to see the fourth dimension. At first, it might sound like something straight out of science...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If Earth Was Sandwiched Between Two Asteroid Belts?

      What would happen if you obtained space-bending abilities and decided to test them out by placing Earth between the two asteroid belts in our Solar System? The short...

      Cosmos

      What If The Planets Changed Position Based on Size?

      The Solar System may appear calm and well organized, but it is actually the result of billions of years of delicate cosmic balancing. Changing the order of the planets...

      Humanity

      What If Everyone Started Inbreeding Tomorrow?

      With so many varieties in our skin tones, hair colors, and features, the human race is a marvel of evolution. But what if we all decided to preserve our family traits...

      What would happen if we dumped our trash on Jupiter?
      Cosmos, MSN New

      What would happen if we dumped our trash on Jupiter?

      What would happen if we tried to dump all our trash on Jupiter? It might sound like a perfect solution, but the reality would be far more dangerous than you think. A...

      HTS MSN

      Never Put Water on a Grease Fire, Do This Instead

      You wanted perfectly crispy bacon. Instead, the pan suddenly bursts into flames. Your first instinct might be to grab a glass of water, but that could turn a small...

      Cosmos

      What If You Were Alive During the Big Bang?

      In the beginning, there was nothing. Well, except for you. And the Big Bang. What would the first moments of the Universe be like? What would happen over the next...

      MSN New

      Legendary Lost Cities That Were Actually Found

      Across the world, ancient legends often spoke of magnificent cities that vanished without a trace, swallowed by time, war, or nature itself. For centuries, these places...

      Cosmos

      What If We Sent All of Our Garbage Into Space?

        It might be the worst date on your weekly calendar, but it’s a date that you definitely don’t want to stand up. Garbage Day. You tie it all up into...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If a U.S. Decision Started World War III?

      The time for talk is over. Now the biggest countries on Earth are fighting for global supremacy. What would happen if the United States started World War III? Who would...

      Earth, MSN New

      Would Ecosystems Collapse If we Killed All spiders?

      Spiders are prolific. There are 45,000 species of spiders that we currently know of, and scientists estimate that there are twice that amount we haven’t discovered...

      Humanity

      What If We Became a Type II Civilization?

      When it comes to energy, we have a long way to go before our utility bills become a thing of the past. On the Kardashev scale we’re still a Type 0 civilization...

      MSN New

      How Long Could You Actually Last Alone in Antarctica?

      You’re cut off from civilization and stuck in one of the most unforgiving wastelands on Earth. Don’t count on a rescue anytime soon. You’re stranded in...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If Terror Crocs Were Still Alive?

      When people imagine the age of dinosaurs, they usually picture massive predators like Tyrannosaurus rex ruling the prehistoric world. But hidden beneath the murky waters...

      Science

      What If Earth Was Near the Center of the Milky Way?

      See that strip of stars splashed across the night sky? That’s our home galaxy, the Milky Way. You can see it from Earth because we live on its very outskirts, far...

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