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      Cosmos

      What If You Were Born on the Moon?

      May 9, 2022
      Earth

      6 Ways Earth Will Transform Over the Next Billion Years

      July 23, 2025
      Earth

      What If You Fell Into a Pool Full of Sharks?

      August 1, 2019
      Body

      What If You Were Swallowed by a Venus Flytrap?

      February 5, 2020
      Science

      What If All Trees Were Cut Down?

      March 9, 2019
      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Jupiter Gained Enough Mass to Become a Star?

      What if Jupiter gained just a little bit more mass during its formation period, and then ignited to become a star? How different would our Solar System have turned out...

      Humanity

      What If Russia Turned Into the Next North Korea?

      What if in a stunning move, Russia, one of the largest energy producers on Earth, decided to cut itself off from the world? This heavily armed dictatorship has declared...

      HTS MSN

      The Sea World Tragedy: Dawn Brancheau’s Terrifying Last Performance

      On February 24th, 2010, SeaWorld Orlando hosted another “Dine with Shamu” performance, where guests ate lunch while watching trainers interact closely with orcas. Among...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Dark Secret Historians Uncovered About a “Hero” Explorer

      In 1894, American polar explorer Robert Peary was on the hunt for fame. His ultimate goal was the North Pole, but along the way, his expeditions would involve grave...

      MSN New, Cosmos, Earth

      The Day a New Planet Appears in Our Sky Could Be the Beginning of the End

      The Solar System looks stable. Planets in their lanes, everything running on schedule, the same arrangement holding for billions of years. Now picture looking up one...

      HTS MSN

      The Hidden Danger Behind a Cat Scratch

      For millions of people, cats are loving companions that bring comfort and joy. But behind those soft paws and playful claws, there can be a hidden danger. A simple...

      MSN New

      Scientists Believe That the Next Pandemic Could Come From Space

      When people think about space threats, they usually imagine asteroid impacts, solar storms, or distant supernova explosions. But some scientists warn that the most...

      MSN New

      How Different Would Life Be With a Second Earth in Our Solar System?

      In 2015, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope identified one of the most Earth like planets ever discovered, Kepler 452b. It orbits a Sun like star and sits in what scientists...

      HTS MSN

      She Showered After a Day in the Sun, Days Later She Could Not Open Her Eyes

      In 2018, a British woman named Holly spent a day in the sun in Tenerife, Spain. That evening she noticed her face beginning to swell, so she did the most natural thing...

      Humanity

      What If We Discover Life After Death?

      Death and the possibility of an afterlife have fascinated artists, philosophers, and scientists throughout history. Fear, hope, dread… these are all things we...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If We Built a Road Around the World?

      Imagine an ultimate road trip across the globe. On a highway along the equator. Wait, there is no highway along the equator… yet. So how about we build one? What...

      MSN New

      Avatar’s Pandora in Real Life is Terrifying

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story The world of Pandora captured audiences with its floating mountains, glowing forests, and breathtaking alien landscapes. In James...

      MSN New, Earth

      Who Is Responsible for 70 Percent of Global Emissions in the World?

      The numbers are hard to ignore. According to United Nations assessments, the world has roughly a decade to make dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if it hopes to...

      MSN New, Earth

      Antarctica’s Ice Is Holding Back a 70-Meter Wall of Water, and It’s Starting to Melt

      The Antarctic ice sheet covers 14 million square kilometers and averages two kilometers thick. Locked inside it is roughly 60 percent of all the freshwater on Earth. If...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If We Reordered the Solar System From Largest to Smallest?

      Our solar system appears beautifully organized, but its stability is actually the result of an incredibly delicate cosmic equilibrium developed over billions of years...

      MSN New, Earth

      A Tornado Over an Erupting Supervolcano Would Rain Fire and Molten Rock, and No One Could Outrun It

      A tornado already flings debris up to 65 kilometers from where it forms. Now change what it is picking up. Instead of roof tiles and fence posts, imagine molten rock...

      MSN New, Earth

      They Fed It to Prisoners… Now It Costs a Fortune

      Picture a food so despised that serving it too often was considered cruel. A food shoveled onto the plates of prisoners and servants because nobody else would touch it...

      MSN New, Earth

      Two Quakes Left Visible Cracks, and 3.5 Million People Live in the Path

      Two earthquakes have already cracked it. One in 1979. Another in 2011. Both left visible fractures in the wall of a dam that was built more than a century ago, and both...

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      They Faced Terrifying Shark Attacks and Lived to Tell the Story

      They’re fast. They’re ruthless. And they’re hungry. Their sharp teeth can destroy you in seconds. And no, playing dead will not fool them. It’s...

      Humanity

      What If You Lived Fifty Years in the Future?

      To infinity, and beyond.

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