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      What If All Bees Went Extinct?

      March 16, 2019
      Humanity

      What If an Advanced Civilization Lived in the Amazon?

      September 27, 2022
      Earth

      What If We Woke Up Volcanoes to Fight Climate Change?

      December 14, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If You Traveled to a Black Hole?

      December 28, 2019
      Body, Science

      What If You Cloned Your Body?

      July 31, 2018
      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Most Terrifying Planets in the Universe Explained

      Deep in the cosmic dark nature plays by a violent set of rules. Across the universe there are alien worlds that feel less like planets and more like torture chambers...

      Earth

      What If the Atmosphere Was 10% Deep Voice Gas?

      Sulfur hexafluoride, now that’s a mouthful. It sure is! It’s more commonly known as SF6 or deep voice gas because, well, it makes your voice deeper! But...

      HTS MSN

      She Was Left for Dead by a Serial Killer, but the Sleep Talker Saved Her Life

      In 1974, 18 year old Karen Sparks was a student at the University of Washington. Before the attack, she remembered seeing an older man staring at her in a laundromat...

      Science

      What Happens If You Wake up During Surgery?

      At first, it’s very bright. But then, as your eyes adjust to the light, you start to piece together your surroundings. The moving blobs above you, you realize, are...

      Cosmos

      What If We’ve Already Made First Contact With Aliens?

      For over half a century, we’ve searched for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. But it’s, been, well, a little quiet. Are they ignoring us? Or...

      MSN New

      The Hidden Dangers Waiting Inside Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

      Nearly four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl remains one of the most mysterious places on Earth. The abandoned cities, empty schools...

      MSN New

      Scientists Discovered the World’s Tiniest Beetle Hidden in Borneo

      Most people assume that by now, scientists have discovered nearly every animal living on Earth. After all, satellites can map the planet in incredible detail, and...

      MSN New, Earth

      10 Things About Area 51 the Public Was Never Meant to Know

      For decades, Area 51 has been surrounded by mystery. Hidden deep within the Nevada desert, the highly secretive military facility has fueled countless stories about...

      MSN New, Humanity

      The Sun Is Dying, and Humanity Will Eventually Have to Find a New Home

      Billions of years from now, the Sun will enter the final stage of its life. It will swell into a massive red giant before eventually shrinking into a stellar remnant...

      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      What If Scientists Could Control Hurricanes?

      Every year, hurricanes batter the North Atlantic and affect millions of people. The damage can be catastrophic, and these storms are getting worse. But what if we had a...

      MSN New

      What If Antibiotics Had Never Been Discovered?

      Herbs. Honey. Moldy Bread. Animal Feces. In ancient times, these were the go-to remedies for disease and infection. We’ve come a long way since then. Or have we...

      MSN New, Earth

      It Started Raining Diamonds, and the World Was Never the Same Again

      Some places in the Solar System have some pretty expensive rain falling on their surface. Let’s see if we could bring those home. What would it take for Earth to...

      MSN New

      How Nothing Became Galaxies, Stars, and Life

      Look around you for a moment. Your phone, your house, the air you breathe, and even your own body are made of materials that did not exist at the beginning of the...

      Technology

      What If Every Home Had a 3D Printer?

      On average, over 8000 people die each year in the U.S. because they can’t get an organ transplant. What if we could actually rebuild our failing organs? That...

      MSN New, Humanity

      The Day We Calculate the End of Humanity

      Imagine waking up to the most shocking announcement in human history. Not that an asteroid is heading toward Earth. Not that a supervolcano is about to erupt. But that...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If Kim Jong-Un Went Missing?

      In 2020, when Kim Jong-Un disappeared for three weeks, the world went into full speculation mode. Was he ill? Dead? On a secret mission to binge-watch K-dramas? South...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Scientists Say a Single Antimatter Bomb Could Be the Most Destructive Force on Earth

      Imagine a weapon so powerful that it does not rely on traditional explosives, nuclear reactions or chemical energy. Instead, it uses one of the rarest substances in the...

      Cosmos

      What If You Had to Find Baby Yoda?

      One task, you have. Find Baby Yoda, you must. The tracking fob, guide you it will. Where, begin your search, would you? It sounds like an easy task. But we...

      Cosmos

      What If an Asteroid Were on a Collision Course to Hit Earth?

      Somewhere in the far reaches of space, a giant hunk of rock is hurtling our way, just biding its time before an extinction-level impact with Earth. Before you run into...

      MSN New

      These 5 Animals Will Hunt You in Your Dreams

      The natural world is full of incredible creatures. Some are beautiful. Some are fascinating. And then there are the ones that look like they crawled straight out of a...

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