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      Earth

      What If You Skydived Into a Tornado?

      September 13, 2019
      Earth

      What If There Was No Salt in the World?

      August 13, 2019
      Humanity

      What If You Knew the Date and Time You Will Die?

      December 30, 2019
      Science

      What Happens If You Wake up During Surgery?

      March 22, 2019
      Science

      What If We Geo-Engineered Earth?

      January 23, 2019
      MSN New

      Could the Moon Ever Become a Second Home for Humanity?

      Humanity is preparing to return to the Moon with new missions that will push deeper into space than ever before. Each step brings us closer to long term living beyond...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What Would Happen If a Wormhole Opened in Our Solar System?

      You’ve probably heard of wormholes from Thor, Interstellar, Star Trek, or if you’re really old school, Albert Einstein. In 1935, Albert Einstein and...

      DailyMoment, Earth, Humanity, MSN, MSN New

      Earth Day: What Happens If We Plant a Trillion Trees?

      It’s dawn, it’s dark, and you don’t what kind of weather is waiting for you outside your tent. It doesn’t matter anyway. In rain, hail, sleet...

      Humanity

      What If You Lived During the Middle Ages?

      Have you ever been curious about Medieval life? Would you travel back in time if you could? Do you think you would enjoy it? How long would you last? Hear ye, hear ye...

      HTS MSN

      Surviving a Cockroach Infestation: What You Need to Know

      They wallow in filth and are the primary cause of childhood asthma. They aren’t going away anytime soon, they have been pests for about four million years, and...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Find Out How Life on Mars Looked 1 Billion Years Ago

      THE BEGINNING – 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO On Mars, this stage is called the Pre Noachian era. Mars had just formed from dust and gas inside the early solar disk, the...

      HTS MSN

      Lost on Everest For Six Days, Sherpa Found Alive

      A Sherpa was missing for six days in Mount Everest’s death zone. He survived on discarded food left behind by previous climbers as he slowly crawled his way back to base...

      Cosmos, Science

      What If the Earth Was Tidally Locked to the Sun?

      What if one side of the Earth always faced the Sun, while the other side was forever shrouded in darkness? Just how hot would it be on the bright side? And how cold...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If U.S., Russia, and China United to Control the World

      Together, the U.S., Russia, and China control nearly half of the world’s military power, dominate the global economy, and influence the most powerful international...

      Cosmos

      What If the Sun Collided With a Black Hole?

      A black hole is on a collision course with our Sun. And there’s nothing left for you to do except sit back and watch the destruction of our entire Solar System. How...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If Humanity Moved to an Exoplanet?

      An exoplanet is a planet outside our Solar System. As of March 2020, we’ve discovered over 4000 different ones. So, it sounds like we have some options for our...

      Cosmos

      7 Facts If Space Was Hot Instead of Cold

      We think of space as an icy void, where temperatures drop to hundreds of degrees below zero and astronauts need layers of thermal protection just to survive. But what if...

      HTS MSN

      Surviving Camp 14: North Korea’s Worst Prison

      North Korea operates one of the most secretive prison systems in the world. Spread across the country are labor training centers, re education camps, and at the most...

      Cosmos

      What If a Blazar Entered Our Solar System?

      We’ve thrown a lot of disasters at Earth over the years: from asteroids and aliens, to the Sun’s death. But hey, the Universe is a dangerous place, and we’re not...

      MSN New, Science

      What If Neanderthals Still Existed Today?

      Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the Neanderthal genome. Making things even...

      Humanity

      What If Humans Suddenly Became as Big As Dinosaurs?

      Could humans suddenly growing to the size of dinosaurs be as catastrophic as the asteroid that wiped out the prehistoric giants? Would it even be a world ending event...

      Humanity, MSN New

      U.S. Army VS North Korean Army

      Two of the world’s most formidable military forces are stepping into the ring to see which army reigns supreme. It’s the United States military, taking on the...

      Earth, Humanity

      100 Years Into the Future: What Life on Earth and Beyond Could Look Like

      What if we told you that within the next 100 years, humans could merge with AI, control the weather, and even bring extinct species back to life? From space exploration...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Would Happen If We Dumped Our Trash Into Volcanoes?

      A volcano is one of the most unforgiving natural phenomenons on Earth. If you were to fall into its magma-filled center, your body would quickly bubble up, and disappear...

      HTS MSN

      Mauled By His Tiger: The Siegfried & Roy Tragedy

      The sound was described by witnesses as loud and chaotic, a sudden eruption that cut through what was meant to be a carefully controlled stage performance. On October...

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