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      Cosmos

      What If the Moon Was Flat?

      May 17, 2022
      Body

      What If We Had No Hair?

      March 27, 2021
      Humanity

      What If Time Is an Illusion?

      December 3, 2018
      Humanity

      What If One Million People Actually Stormed Area 51?

      July 18, 2019
      Science

      What If Companies Had to Pay to Pollute the Planet?

      December 13, 2018
      MSN New

      What If a Nuke Goes Off in Washington, D.C.?

      Washington, D.C. is more than just the capital of the United States. It is the center of American political power, home to the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court...

      MSN New, HTS MSN

      A Deadly Flash Flood Devastated Nepal, Leaving Hundreds Missing

      A deadly flash flood devastated Nepal, leaving hundreds missing and turning normally peaceful communities into scenes of destruction. Powerful rainfall sent huge amounts...

      HTS MSN

      India’s Chernobyl: The Bhopal Tragedy

      On the night of December 2, 1984, the residents of Bhopal woke up choking on poison. The air smelled strange as people suddenly felt their eyes burning and their throats...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen If You Spent 5 Seconds on Io?

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Io, one of Jupiter’s four largest moons, feels like it belongs in a science fiction nightmare. Its surface is a chaotic, ever changing...

      MSN New, Earth

      What Waits at the Deepest Points on the Entire Planet

      If you traveled to the deepest points of Earth, what would you find? Lost cities, mythical sea monsters, rivers of gold? Probably not. But there is still a lot to...

      MSN New, Earth

      This Bacteria Can Break Down Plastic That Pollutes Our Planet

      For decades, plastic has been building up across the planet. It fills landfills, floats through oceans, and has even been discovered in drinking water, food, and the air...

      HTS MSN

      What It Really Takes to Survive Australia’s Wildest Island

      Their bodies may look similar in size to humans, but kangaroos are far more powerful than they appear. These muscular animals can be six to seven times stronger than a...

      HTS MSN

      Gemini’s 2027 Prediction Is Scarier Than You Think

      You wake up in January 2027. Nothing feels wrong. No alerts. No breaking news screaming at you. Just another year starting like all the others. But underneath the...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      NASA’s Perseverance Rover Found Complex Carbon Molecules in a Dried-up Martian River

      NASA’s Perseverance rover has found complex carbon based molecules in ancient dried up river deposits on Mars, adding to growing evidence that the planet once had the...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Humanity Just Learned to Harness the Full Power of the Sun, and Here’s What Changed

      For thousands of years, humanity has depended on energy to build civilizations, develop technology, and improve the way we live. From burning wood in ancient times to...

      Earth

      What If South America and Africa Joined Together?

      Millions of years ago, all the continents were one. Waiting to crack and spread into the world we know today. Thing is, Earth’s ground is constantly moving. So how about...

      MSN New

      The Surprising Truth About What Would Happen If a Nuclear Bomb Exploded on the Moon

      The Moon has inspired myths, guided sailors, and lit up our nights for thousands of years. But during one of the most intense periods of the Cold War, people considered...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      You Land Under a Red Dwarf Sun, and Every Single Step Feels Heavier

      The hatch opens and the first thing that hits you is the light. Not the bright white glare you have known your entire life. Everything here glows deep orange, a...

      HTS MSN

      A Farmer Vanished While Working, and a 23 Foot Python Held the Horrifying Answer

      On March 25, 2017, 25 year old farmer Akbar Salubiro headed out to harvest crops in Indonesia. It was an ordinary day of work, and there was nothing to suggest that he...

      HTS MSN

      The Only Plan Left Was to Sedate the Children and Carry Them Out Unconscious

      Every realistic option had already failed. Teaching the boys to dive was impossible. Waiting months for the water to drop meant watching them run out of oxygen. Drilling...

      MSN New

      What Really Happens if You Fall Straight Through the Planet

      As thrill-seekers, we like to do a lot of extreme, gravity-defying stunts to push our limits. If base jumping or caving is your thing, how about taking a tumble all the...

      Earth

      What If the Argentinosaurus Was Alive Today?

      Taller than a six-story building. Longer than three school buses. Ten times as heavy as an elephant. The largest dinosaur ever is coming back from extinction. What would...

      HTS MSN

      His Ship Sank to the Seabed, He Survived 60 Hours in a Single Pocket of Air

      Common sense says that once a ship reaches the seabed, anyone still inside has minutes at most. The water gets in, the air runs out, and that is the end of it. One man...

      HTS MSN

      She Was Attacked by a Bobcat, Then Tests Confirmed It Had Rabies

      This might look like a larger, cuddly version of your domesticated house cat. But it’s a large, fierce predator that can severely injure you. Bobcats are sometimes...

      HTS MSN

      He Raised a Hyena in His Apartment, Until It Finally Turned on Him

      From the moment Bryan Hawn was a child, animals fascinated him. He and his brother Mark would constantly challenge each other with animal facts, turning their curiosity...

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