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      Earth

      How Bad Could Things Get on Earth If We Nuked the Moon?

      March 30, 2018
      Body

      What If the Spanish Flu Never Happened?

      March 2, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If You Built a Tipler Cylinder?

      September 1, 2020
      Earth

      What If Algae Took Over the Oceans?

      February 19, 2020
      Earth

      What If We Brought Europa’s Ocean Water to Earth?

      May 25, 2022
      Science

      What If Every Dead Person Came Back to Life

      What if you actually did see dead people? Not in a Sixth Sense kind of way, but in an ‘inexplicable mass resurrection’ kind of way? Not in a Walking Dead...

      MSN New, Humanity

      They Went Extinct for a Reason – Now We’re Bringing Them Back Anyway

      Nature already made its decision. The woolly mammoth, the saber toothed tiger, the dodo bird, all of them were judged by climate, by predators, by shifting ecosystems...

      MSN New, Technology

      What If Birds Are Surveillance Drones

      The next time you see that adorable hummingbird at your feeder, remember one thing. It might take your life. Because in this world, every bird works for the government...

      MSN New, Health

      Scientists Say Cancer and Diabetes Might Spread in a Way No One Expected

      Most of us think of contagious diseases as illnesses like the flu, the common cold, or strep throat. You catch them from someone else through viruses or bacteria...

      Humanity

      What If We Created the Next Human Species?

      All good things must come to an end. Sadly, Homo sapiens’ time on Earth is no exception. And someone would surely take our place as the dominant species. But who? Or...

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      The Deadliest Job in the World: How to Survive It

      You hear a sharp cracking sound. You look up. A massive tree is leaning toward you, its weight shifting as gravity takes control. There is no time to think, no time to...

      MSN New

      The Most Terrifying Times in Earth’s History

      From prehistoric predators and ancient pandemics to volcanic winters and asteroid impacts, Earth’s history is filled with moments so extreme they would be almost...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Exoplanets Replaced Our Solar System?

      Our Solar System has remained remarkably stable for billions of years. Every planet follows a carefully balanced orbit, held together by the Sun’s gravity. But...

      Cosmos

      What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?

      A gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet. This process usually takes a few hundred million years, but what if we made...

      Cosmos

      The First 10,000 Days of Populating Venus

      Venus, Earth’s closest planetary neighbor is one of the most extreme and hostile environments in the Solar System. With blistering temperatures, toxic clouds, and...

      MSN New

      What Happens If Everyone Flushed at the Same Time?

      What if everyone on the planet coordinated to perform the biggest “flush mob” in history? Pushing all the wastewater in the world down the drain, all at once...

      MSN New

      What Would Happen If You Drank Toilet Water?

      Our water supply is limited. By the year 2025, 66% of humans around the world might face water shortages. But I know where to find delicious fresh water. The toilet...

      Earth

      What If We Sunk Our Trash in the Mariana Trench?

      All over the world, people are treating bodies of water like they are giant garbage dumps. And experts say that continuing these practices will result in catastrophic...

      MSN New, Humanity

      The Future of Humanity as an Interstellar Civilization

      What if humanity grew to be so technologically advanced that we were able to leave our Solar System and spread across interstellar space? Would we hop from one exoplanet...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If the U.S. Actually Invaded Iran?

      First of all, look at the map. Iran isn’t a country, it’s a fortress. Three times the landmass of Iraq. Four times the population. And mountains that...

      MSN New, Earth

      Prehistoric Australia Was Terrifying

      Prehistoric Australia was not the warm, sunlit continent we know today. Between roughly 126,000 and 12,000 years ago, during the late Pleistocene, it was a place where...

      Earth

      What If These 5 Things Disappeared for 5 Seconds?

      There are some things you just can’t live without. Like gravity, oxygen, the Sun’s warmth. And we’re about to take those vital things away from you...

      Earth

      What If Insects Disappeared From The Planet?

      Are you one of those people who hate these little crawling things? Or maybe these ones with stingers creep you out more?

      MSN New

      Goblin Shark Has Finally Been Filmed Alive in Its Natural Deep Ocean Habitat

      One of the ocean’s most mysterious predators has finally been captured on camera in its natural deep sea environment. The goblin shark, scientifically known as...

      Science

      What If We Geo-Engineered Earth?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] The world is heating up! But you’ve known that for a while. How long before it’s too late? Its estimated...

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