With nearly eight billion people on the planet, things can feel pretty crowded. Let’s make things a bit tighter by housing every single person on Earth in one giant...
Imagine if one day you looked up into the night sky, and saw Mars or Saturn where the Moon was supposed to be. That would sure turn our Earth into an alien world. And...
They are massive, and extremely dense. They rip apart anything and everything that gets close to them. Their gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape. We...
The modern circus was never the same after 1812; what had previously been concerned with horse tricks, musicians, and clowns started to include wild animals and began...
Objects seemingly move by themselves, reflections are missing when you pass by mirrors. But don’t worry, this isn’t a horror story. It’s just the future. And...
In 1946, a 17 year old teenager named Willie Francis became part of one of the most disturbing execution cases in American history. After being convicted of murdering a...
Nothing about a sloth suggests danger. It hangs around in trees, moves at a pace that barely registers as movement, and wears what looks like a permanent smile. That...
He was a naturalist, not a soldier, attached to British forces on an island off the coast of Burma. What he described hearing that night in 1945 turned into one of the...
Are all of your memories real? Did everything happen the way you remember it? What if somebody filled your brain with memories that aren’t yours? Would you be able...
This safari incredible. You’ve seen lions, cheetahs, and other amazing wildlife. Your friends are going to love these photos. Suddenly, the ground starts shaking...
You feel something bite into your skin. A sharp pain shoots through your body as you look down and see a powerful insect locked onto you. But the bite is only the...
Would this be good or bad news?
For more than 200 years, one of the world’s most famous maps showed something that was completely wrong. It placed California not as part of the North American...
We visit a lot of planets here on WHAT IF, but K2-141b is the most extreme one yet. Are you ready to jump on board this one-way space shuttle? If you’d rather stay...
Beneath the crystal clear waters of the Atlantic Ocean, something unexpected is taking shape. Divers descending toward the seafloor are often met with a strange sight...
Neuralink is an American company started by oh, let’s just say “well-known public figure” Elon Musk. Launched back in 2017, its mission was to provide...
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...
A family vacation in Florida was supposed to be a relaxing escape filled with sunshine, fishing and swimming. Instead, one afternoon turned into a terrifying fight for...
Imagine waking up one day and all of the women in the world had just disappeared. All but one. Maybe the only woman left on earth is you. Whether you’re the only...
I hope you’ve packed some ice skates for your next trip out to sea because the oceans have completely frozen over. What conditions could cause this massive oceanic...
